diff --git a/fuse/api.go b/fuse/api.go
index 085d9df5..215d59fd 100644
--- a/fuse/api.go
+++ b/fuse/api.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ type ReadResult interface {
 	Done()
 }
 
-type ReadResultFd interface {
+type ReadResultWithFd interface {
 	ReadResult
 	ReadFd() uintptr
 }
diff --git a/fuse/opcode.go b/fuse/opcode.go
index 44f40845..f16b6669 100644
--- a/fuse/opcode.go
+++ b/fuse/opcode.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func doRead(server *Server, req *request) {
 	}
 
 	req.readResult, req.status = server.fileSystem.Read(req.cancel, in, buf)
-	if fd, ok := req.readResult.(ReadResultFd); ok {
+	if fd, ok := req.readResult.(ReadResultWithFd); ok {
 		req.fdData = fd
 		req.flatData = nil
 	} else if req.readResult != nil && req.status.Ok() {
diff --git a/fuse/read.go b/fuse/read.go
index 22075040..ee050815 100644
--- a/fuse/read.go
+++ b/fuse/read.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ func ReadResultData(b []byte) ReadResult {
 	return &readResultData{b}
 }
 
+func ReadResultFd(fd uintptr, off int64, sz int) ReadResult {
+	return &readResultFd{fd, off, sz}
+}
+
 // ReadResultFd is the read return for zero-copy file data.
 type readResultFd struct {
 	// Splice from the following file.
diff --git a/fuse/request.go b/fuse/request.go
index 22d0a3e2..8eab1aee 100644
--- a/fuse/request.go
+++ b/fuse/request.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type request struct {
 	// Output data.
 	status   Status
 	flatData []byte
-	fdData   ReadResultFd
+	fdData   ReadResultWithFd
 	slices   [][]byte
 
 	// In case of read, keep read result here so we can call