diff --git a/src/fuse_create.cpp b/src/fuse_create.cpp
index b35c0de0..a80826b6 100644
--- a/src/fuse_create.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_create.cpp
@@ -282,19 +282,8 @@ namespace FUSE
     if(rv != 0)
       return rv;
 
-    switch(_(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags))
-      {
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::r, O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::r, O_RDWR):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::w, O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::w, O_RDWR):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDWR):
-        return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
-      }
+    if(cfg->passthrough)
+      return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
 
     return rv;
   }