diff --git a/src/unix/notbsd/android/b32.rs b/src/unix/notbsd/android/b32.rs
index 8ae2c2e38040d..9cc469f11405b 100644
--- a/src/unix/notbsd/android/b32.rs
+++ b/src/unix/notbsd/android/b32.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub type mode_t = u16;
+
 s! {
     pub struct sigaction {
         pub sa_sigaction: ::sighandler_t,
diff --git a/src/unix/notbsd/android/b64.rs b/src/unix/notbsd/android/b64.rs
index d869b8cf618c9..45fd961581a4d 100644
--- a/src/unix/notbsd/android/b64.rs
+++ b/src/unix/notbsd/android/b64.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub type mode_t = u32;
+
 s! {
     pub struct sigaction {
         pub sa_flags: ::c_uint,
diff --git a/src/unix/notbsd/android/mod.rs b/src/unix/notbsd/android/mod.rs
index 2511a1b77c821..c081ecfaf028f 100644
--- a/src/unix/notbsd/android/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/notbsd/android/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pub type ino_t = u32;
 pub type blkcnt_t = u32;
 pub type blksize_t = u32;
 pub type dev_t = u32;
-pub type mode_t = u16;
 pub type nlink_t = u32;
 pub type useconds_t = u32;
 pub type socklen_t = i32;