diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/oct_ilm.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/oct_ilm.c
index 99e27155b3991f50b5b08f3a36926aca204299c0..6a4694538bb6eacb38a46e62f0de1ed5468c8c5d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/oct_ilm.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/oct_ilm.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int reset_statistics(void *data, u64 value)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(reset_statistics_ops, NULL, reset_statistics, "%llu\n");
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(reset_statistics_ops, NULL, reset_statistics, "%llu\n");
 
 static void init_debugfs(void)
 {