diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index e28da9574a65..e9e348c09021 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *s)
 	 * regular files but S_IFREG is masked off when reporting
 	 * information to userspace.
 	 */
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+	inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 	inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE | S_ANON_INODE;