--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py	Tue Mar 07 12:52:00 2017 -0800
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py	Thu Mar 02 03:52:36 2017 +0100
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     '''
     vfs = repo.vfs
     lfstoredir = longname
-    opener = scmutil.opener(vfs.join(lfstoredir))
+    opener = scmutil.vfs(vfs.join(lfstoredir))
     lfdirstate = largefilesdirstate(opener, ui, repo.root,
                                      repo.dirstate._validate)