diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index 6951536ea29c..8e8a868ca857 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int disk_ctr(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	r = dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, &dev);
+	r = dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &dev);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index fdde53cd12b7..a2d330942cb2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	argv++;
 	argc--;
 
-	r = dm_get_device(ti, cow_path, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, &s->cow);
+	r = dm_get_device(ti, cow_path, dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &s->cow);
 	if (r) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot get COW device";
 		goto bad_cow;