diff --git a/libretro-common/features/features_cpu.c b/libretro-common/features/features_cpu.c
index 94bf644b1f..aa43eaa2d2 100644
--- a/libretro-common/features/features_cpu.c
+++ b/libretro-common/features/features_cpu.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static unsigned char check_arm_cpu_feature(const char* feature)
 {
    char line[1024];
    unsigned char status = 0;
-   RFILE *fp = filestream_open("/proc/cpuinfo", RFILE_MODE_READ_TEXT, -1);
+   RFILE *fp = filestream_open("/proc/cpuinfo", RFILE_MODE_READ, -1);
 
    if (!fp)
       return 0;