diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index cdea7b5..c0bd030 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -311,13 +311,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_trace_remove);
 
-static int blk_dropped_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-{
-	filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static ssize_t blk_dropped_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -331,18 +324,11 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations blk_dropped_fops = {
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
-	.open =		blk_dropped_open,
+	.open =		simple_open,
 	.read =		blk_dropped_read,
 	.llseek =	default_llseek,
 };
 
-static int blk_msg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-{
-	filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static ssize_t blk_msg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -371,7 +357,7 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations blk_msg_fops = {
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
-	.open =		blk_msg_open,
+	.open =		simple_open,
 	.write =	blk_msg_write,
 	.llseek =	noop_llseek,
 };