diff --git a/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/CodeGenerationBenchmark.cs b/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/CodeGenerationBenchmark.cs
index c35e1db42f..0748ccf4ef 100644
--- a/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/CodeGenerationBenchmark.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/CodeGenerationBenchmark.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance
             
             ProjectEngine = RazorProjectEngine.Create(RazorConfiguration.Default, fileSystem, b => RazorExtensions.Register(b)); ;
 
-            MSN = fileSystem.GetItem(Path.Combine(root.FullName, "MSN.cshtml"));
+            MSN = fileSystem.GetItem(Path.Combine(root.FullName, "MSN.cshtml"), FileKinds.Legacy);
         }
 
         public RazorProjectEngine ProjectEngine { get; }
diff --git a/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/SyntaxTreeGenerationBenckmark.cs b/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/SyntaxTreeGenerationBenckmark.cs
index d1ec9a0a55..fa1e1c2e64 100644
--- a/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/SyntaxTreeGenerationBenckmark.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/perf/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/SyntaxTreeGenerationBenckmark.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance
 
             ProjectEngine = RazorProjectEngine.Create(RazorConfiguration.Default, fileSystem, b => RazorExtensions.Register(b)); ;
 
-            var projectItem = fileSystem.GetItem(Path.Combine(root.FullName, "MSN.cshtml"));
+            var projectItem = fileSystem.GetItem(Path.Combine(root.FullName, "MSN.cshtml"), FileKinds.Legacy);
             MSN = RazorSourceDocument.ReadFrom(projectItem);
 
             var directiveFeature = ProjectEngine.EngineFeatures.OfType<IRazorDirectiveFeature>().FirstOrDefault();