diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 0150a2210209..a967babea8a5 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ end_enum:
 		   fname->home.seq == cpu_to_le16(MFT_REC_EXTEND)) {
 		/* Records in $Extend are not a files or general directories. */
 		inode->i_op = &ntfs_file_inode_operations;
+		mode = S_IFREG;
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;