diff --git a/fs/devfs-core.c b/fs/devfs-core.c
index a2bea93..816f244 100644
--- a/fs/devfs-core.c
+++ b/fs/devfs-core.c
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
 	return -EBUSY;	/* all indexes are used */
 }
 
+int cdev_do_open(struct cdev *cdev, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	if (cdev->ops->open)
+		return cdev->ops->open(cdev, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct cdev *cdev_open(const char *name, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct cdev *cdev = cdev_by_name(name);
@@ -78,11 +86,9 @@
 	if (!cdev)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (cdev->ops->open) {
-		ret = cdev->ops->open(cdev, flags);
-		if (ret)
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	ret = cdev_do_open(cdev, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return NULL;
 
 	return cdev;
 }
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 353af3a..7ac2eef 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
 int cdev_find_free_index(const char *);
 struct cdev *cdev_by_name(const char *filename);
 struct cdev *cdev_open(const char *name, unsigned long flags);
+int cdev_do_open(struct cdev *, unsigned long flags);
 void cdev_close(struct cdev *cdev);
 int cdev_flush(struct cdev *cdev);
 ssize_t cdev_read(struct cdev *cdev, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t offset, ulong flags);