diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
index 6484c59a28b7..ea04f3f77183 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ linux_uselib(struct thread *td, struct linux_uselib_args *args)
 	 * than vn_open().
 	 */
 #ifdef MAC
-	error = mac_vnode_check_open(td->td_ucred, vp, FREAD);
+	error = mac_vnode_check_open(td->td_ucred, vp, VREAD);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
 #endif