diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 36637a8..90ff3cb 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static const struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops = {
+const struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_iput		= configfs_d_iput,
 	/* simple_delete_dentry() isn't exported */
 	.d_delete	= configfs_d_delete,
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 	d_rehash(dentry);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -489,7 +488,6 @@
 		 */
 		if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(dentry, NULL);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -683,7 +681,6 @@
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	child = d_alloc(parent, &name);
 	if (child) {
-		d_set_d_op(child, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(child, NULL);
 
 		ret = configfs_attach_group(&parent_group->cg_item,
@@ -1681,7 +1678,6 @@
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	dentry = d_alloc(configfs_sb->s_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(dentry, NULL);
 
 		err = configfs_attach_group(sd->s_element, &group->cg_item,