diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index bece948b363d..8580831ed237 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
 		return failed_creating(dentry);
 
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+	make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_AUTOMOUNT;
 	inode->i_private = data;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)f;