diff --git a/fs/epfs/inode.c b/fs/epfs/inode.c
index 510c3873394742a653fdfe40531d4e181282763c..99b94108d84aad1d27ab574d2128639f93093ab2 100644
--- a/fs/epfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/epfs/inode.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int epfs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	d_tmpfile(file, inode);
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EPFS_DEBUG))
 		epfs_debug("epfs: tmpfile %p", inode);
-	return 0;
+	return finish_open_simple(file, 0);;
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations epfs_dir_iops = {