diff --git a/fs/fuse/passthrough.c b/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
index 9666d13884ce..62aee8289d11 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
@@ -228,16 +228,13 @@ int fuse_backing_open(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_backing_map *map)
 	if (map->flags || map->padding)
 		goto out;
 
-	file = fget(map->fd);
+	file = fget_raw(map->fd);
 	res = -EBADF;
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
 
-	res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!file->f_op->read_iter || !file->f_op->write_iter)
-		goto out_fput;
-
 	backing_sb = file_inode(file)->i_sb;
+	pr_info("%s: %x:%pD %i\n", __func__, backing_sb->s_dev, file, backing_sb->s_stack_depth);
 	res = -ELOOP;
 	if (backing_sb->s_stack_depth >= fc->max_stack_depth)
 		goto out_fput;