diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
index b7b1c04..2bbaebd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -84,17 +84,11 @@
 					size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
 
 
-static int iwl_dbgfs_open_file_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	file->private_data = inode->i_private;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define DEBUGFS_READ_FILE_OPS(name)                                     \
 	DEBUGFS_READ_FUNC(name);                                        \
 static const struct file_operations iwl_dbgfs_##name##_ops = {          \
 	.read = iwl_dbgfs_##name##_read,                       		\
-	.open = iwl_dbgfs_open_file_generic,                    	\
+	.open = simple_open,						\
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,					\
 };
 
@@ -102,7 +96,7 @@
 	DEBUGFS_WRITE_FUNC(name);                                       \
 static const struct file_operations iwl_dbgfs_##name##_ops = {          \
 	.write = iwl_dbgfs_##name##_write,                              \
-	.open = iwl_dbgfs_open_file_generic,                    	\
+	.open = simple_open,						\
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,					\
 };
 
@@ -113,7 +107,7 @@
 static const struct file_operations iwl_dbgfs_##name##_ops = {          \
 	.write = iwl_dbgfs_##name##_write,                              \
 	.read = iwl_dbgfs_##name##_read,                                \
-	.open = iwl_dbgfs_open_file_generic,                            \
+	.open = simple_open,						\
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,					\
 };