diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 5de0694..a184424 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@
  * Retaining negative dentries for an in-memory filesystem just wastes
  * memory and lookup time: arrange for them to be deleted immediately.
  */
-static int simple_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
+int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(always_delete_dentry);
+
+const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dentry_operations);
 
 /*
  * Lookup the data. This is trivial - if the dentry didn't already
@@ -58,10 +64,6 @@
  */
 struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	static const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations = {
-		.d_delete = simple_delete_dentry,
-	};
-
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 	if (!dentry->d_sb->s_d_op)