loff_t *ppos)
 {
        struct dentry *d = file->f_path.dentry;
-       int srcu_idx;
        ssize_t r;
 
-       r = debugfs_use_file_start(d, &srcu_idx);
-       if (likely(!r))
-               r = seq_read(file, buf, size, ppos);
-       debugfs_use_file_finish(srcu_idx);
+       r = debugfs_file_get(d);
+       if (unlikely(r))
+               return r;
+       r = seq_read(file, buf, size, ppos);
+       debugfs_file_put(d);
        return r;
 }
 
        int whence)
 {
        struct dentry *d = file->f_path.dentry;
-       int srcu_idx;
        loff_t r;
 
-       r = debugfs_use_file_start(d, &srcu_idx);
-       if (likely(!r))
-               r = seq_lseek(file, offset, whence);
-       debugfs_use_file_finish(srcu_idx);
+       r = debugfs_file_get(d);
+       if (unlikely(r))
+               return r;
+       r = seq_lseek(file, offset, whence);
+       debugfs_file_put(d);
        return r;
 }