diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index bdb4f2ca0506..16e198a26339 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int open_proxy_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	const struct file_operations *real_fops = NULL;
 	int r;
 
-	r = debugfs_file_get(dentry);
+	r = __debugfs_file_get(dentry, DBGFS_GET_REGULAR);
 	if (r)
 		return r == -EIO ? -ENOENT : r;