diff --git a/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c b/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c
index c976285..fa080eb 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c
@@ -516,12 +516,6 @@
 
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pci_tbl);
 
-int stats_open_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp)
-{
-	fp->private_data = inode->i_private;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static ssize_t stats_read_ul(struct file *fp, char __user *ubuf, size_t count,
 				loff_t *off)
 {
@@ -534,7 +528,7 @@
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations idle_fops = {
-	.open	= stats_open_generic,
+	.open	= simple_open,
 	.read	= stats_read_ul,
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
 };