diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 99b0edfb206c..ee18e2321593 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -313,8 +313,7 @@ static void fuse_init_inode(struct inode *inode, struct fuse_attr *attr)
 	else if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) ||
 		 S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		fuse_init_common(inode);
-		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode,
-				   new_decode_dev(attr->rdev));
+		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, attr->rdev);
 	} else
 		BUG();
 }