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diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 9ea0ecc325a8..6f487fc6be34 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1649,12 +1649,10 @@ struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *s)
*/
inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
/*
- * Historically anonymous inodes didn't have a type at all and
- * userspace has come to rely on this. Internally they're just
- * regular files but S_IFREG is masked off when reporting
- * information to userspace.
+ * Historically anonymous inodes don't have a type at all and
+ * userspace has come to rely on this.
*/
- 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;