diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 8964cf3999b2b..324bc08505344 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ static int fuse_create_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
 	struct fuse_entry_out outentry;
 	struct fuse_file *ff;
 
+	/* Userspace expects S_IFREG in create mode */
+	BUG_ON((mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG);
+
 	forget = fuse_alloc_forget();
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!forget)