diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 34a3263d60a4ce78d363738945622dcf209a6fdc..e6a4ab980e316fce2c08df14b1eb3f301ed375f1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const struct inode_operations afs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= afs_setattr,
 };
 
-static const struct dentry_operations afs_fs_dentry_operations = {
+const struct dentry_operations afs_fs_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_revalidate	= afs_d_revalidate,
 	.d_delete	= afs_d_delete,
 	.d_release	= afs_d_release,
@@ -582,8 +582,6 @@ static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 success:
-	d_set_d_op(dentry, &afs_fs_dentry_operations);
-
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	_leave(" = 0 { vn=%u u=%u } -> { ino=%lu v=%llu }",
 	       fid.vnode,
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 6d4bc1c8ff60c8573a67b4dff81997683822ed66..ab6db5abaf535047fae82bcabe239eae9ccbacfd 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ extern bool afs_cm_incoming_call(struct afs_call *);
  * dir.c
  */
 extern const struct inode_operations afs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct dentry_operations afs_fs_dentry_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations;
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index f901a9d7c111073c0e8efc1a598cb9b59f90f6ec..fb240e8766d63f7178374c40594881609201cae4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ static int afs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 	if (!root)
 		goto error;
 
+	sb->s_d_op = &afs_fs_dentry_operations;
 	sb->s_root = root;
 
 	_leave(" = 0");