diff --git a/src/text_edit.rs b/src/text_edit.rs
index 78797ef..6de790c 100644
--- a/src/text_edit.rs
+++ b/src/text_edit.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn apply_text_edits_to_file(
     apply_text_edits_to_file_impl(text, temp_file, text_edits, offset_encoding)
         .and_then(|_| std::fs::rename(&temp_path, filename))
         .map(|_| unsafe {
-            libc::chmod(path.as_ptr(), stat.st_mode);
+            libc::chmod(path.as_ptr(), stat.st_mode as libc::mode_t);
         })
         .map_err(|e| {
             let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&temp_path);