diff --git a/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vfsops.c b/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vfsops.c
index 2739f87abcd..13ddd8efef6 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vfsops.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ mfs_mount(mp, path, data, ndp, p)
 		FREE(mfsp, M_MFSNODE);
 		goto error_1;
 	}
-	devvp->v_type = VBLK;
+	devvp->v_type = VCHR;
 	dev = make_dev(&mfs_cdevsw, mfs_minor, 0, 0, 0, "MFS%d", mfs_minor);
 	/* It is not clear that these will get initialized otherwise */
 	dev->si_bsize_phys = DEV_BSIZE;
diff --git a/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vnops.c b/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vnops.c
index 7ef7ed01295..9cb097ac28f 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/mfs/mfs_vnops.c
@@ -104,10 +104,8 @@ mfs_open(ap)
 	} */ *ap;
 {
 
-	if (ap->a_vp->v_type != VBLK) {
-		panic("mfs_open not VBLK");
-		/* NOTREACHED */
-	}
+	if (ap->a_vp->v_type != VCHR)
+		panic("mfs_open not VCHR");
 	return (0);
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ mfs_freeblks(ap)
 	struct buf *bp;
 	struct vnode *vp;
 
-	if (!vfinddev(ap->a_vp->v_rdev, VBLK, &vp) || vp->v_usecount == 0)
+	if (!vfinddev(ap->a_vp->v_rdev, VCHR, &vp) || vp->v_usecount == 0)
 		panic("mfs_freeblks: bad dev");
 
 	bp = geteblk(ap->a_length);
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ mfs_strategy(ap)
 	struct proc *p = curproc;		/* XXX */
 	int s;
 
-	if (!vfinddev(bp->b_dev, VBLK, &vp) || vp->v_usecount == 0)
+	if (!vfinddev(bp->b_dev, VCHR, &vp) || vp->v_usecount == 0)
 		panic("mfs_strategy: bad dev");
 	mfsp = VTOMFS(vp);