diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 277f497923a2..c1884e974ff4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 
 #define NR_FILE  8192	/* this can well be larger on a larger system */
 
-#define MAY_EXEC 1
-#define MAY_WRITE 2
-#define MAY_READ 4
-#define MAY_APPEND 8
-#define MAY_ACCESS 16
-#define MAY_OPEN 32
-#define MAY_CHDIR 64
-#define MAY_NOT_BLOCK 128	/* called from RCU mode, don't block */
+#define MAY_EXEC		0x00000001
+#define MAY_WRITE		0x00000002
+#define MAY_READ		0x00000004
+#define MAY_APPEND		0x00000008
+#define MAY_ACCESS		0x00000010
+#define MAY_OPEN		0x00000020
+#define MAY_CHDIR		0x00000040
+/* called from RCU mode, don't block */
+#define MAY_NOT_BLOCK		0x00000080
 
 /*
  * flags in file.f_mode.  Note that FMODE_READ and FMODE_WRITE must correspond