diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index c121abbdfc7db..85f21caaa6ec2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
 #define NAMEI_RA_BLOCKS  4
 #define NAMEI_RA_SIZE        (NAMEI_RA_CHUNKS * NAMEI_RA_BLOCKS)
 
-static unsigned char ocfs2_filetype_table[] = {
-	DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
-};
-
 static int ocfs2_do_extend_dir(struct super_block *sb,
 			       handle_t *handle,
 			       struct inode *dir,
@@ -1718,7 +1714,7 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
 				de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len));
 				de = de1;
 			}
-			de->file_type = OCFS2_FT_UNKNOWN;
+			de->file_type = FT_UNKNOWN;
 			if (blkno) {
 				de->inode = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
 				ocfs2_set_de_type(de, inode->i_mode);
@@ -1803,13 +1799,9 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 		offset += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 		if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-			unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
-
-			if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
-				d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
-
 			if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
-				      le64_to_cpu(de->inode), d_type))
+				      le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
+				      fs_ftype_to_dtype(de->file_type)))
 				goto out;
 		}
 		ctx->pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
@@ -1900,14 +1892,10 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 				break;
 			}
 			if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
-
-				if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
-					d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
 				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name,
 						de->name_len,
 						le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
-						d_type)) {
+					fs_ftype_to_dtype(de->file_type))) {
 					brelse(bh);
 					return 0;
 				}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 7071ad0dec900..b86bf5e743484 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -391,21 +391,6 @@ static struct ocfs2_system_inode_info ocfs2_system_inodes[NUM_SYSTEM_INODES] = {
 #define OCFS2_HB_LOCAL			"heartbeat=local"
 #define OCFS2_HB_GLOBAL			"heartbeat=global"
 
-/*
- * OCFS2 directory file types.  Only the low 3 bits are used.  The
- * other bits are reserved for now.
- */
-#define OCFS2_FT_UNKNOWN	0
-#define OCFS2_FT_REG_FILE	1
-#define OCFS2_FT_DIR		2
-#define OCFS2_FT_CHRDEV		3
-#define OCFS2_FT_BLKDEV		4
-#define OCFS2_FT_FIFO		5
-#define OCFS2_FT_SOCK		6
-#define OCFS2_FT_SYMLINK	7
-
-#define OCFS2_FT_MAX		8
-
 /*
  * OCFS2_DIR_PAD defines the directory entries boundaries
  *
@@ -424,17 +409,6 @@ static struct ocfs2_system_inode_info ocfs2_system_inodes[NUM_SYSTEM_INODES] = {
 #define	OCFS2_LINKS_HI_SHIFT	16
 #define	OCFS2_DX_ENTRIES_MAX	(0xffffffffU)
 
-#define S_SHIFT			12
-static unsigned char ocfs2_type_by_mode[S_IFMT >> S_SHIFT] = {
-	[S_IFREG >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_REG_FILE,
-	[S_IFDIR >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_DIR,
-	[S_IFCHR >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_CHRDEV,
-	[S_IFBLK >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_BLKDEV,
-	[S_IFIFO >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_FIFO,
-	[S_IFSOCK >> S_SHIFT] = OCFS2_FT_SOCK,
-	[S_IFLNK >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_SYMLINK,
-};
-
 
 /*
  * Convenience casts
@@ -1629,7 +1603,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_sprintf_system_inode_name(char *buf, int len,
 static inline void ocfs2_set_de_type(struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de,
 				    umode_t mode)
 {
-	de->file_type = ocfs2_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT)>>S_SHIFT];
+	de->file_type = fs_umode_to_ftype(mode);
 }
 
 static inline int ocfs2_gd_is_discontig(struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd)