diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index a242dae1aeb0ef2bc7d1131fdc8f0190dffd7a9c..52813b8b0f5f7fabe372937a1d4ffe8c0e6f7b3e 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -846,14 +846,8 @@ static ssize_t edac_fake_inject_write(struct file *file,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static int debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	file->private_data = inode->i_private;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct file_operations debug_fake_inject_fops = {
-	.open = debugfs_open,
+	.open = simple_open,
 	.write = edac_fake_inject_write,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 };