diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index cf79196..d93842d 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 };
 
+static const struct super_operations simple_super_operations = {
+	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
+};
+
 /*
  * Common helper for pseudo-filesystems (sockfs, pipefs, bdev - stuff that
  * will never be mountable)
@@ -199,7 +203,6 @@
 	struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct super_block *s = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, NULL);
-	static const struct super_operations default_ops = {.statfs = simple_statfs};
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *root;
 	struct qstr d_name = {.name = name, .len = strlen(name)};
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
 	s->s_blocksize = 1024;
 	s->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
 	s->s_magic = magic;
-	s->s_op = ops ? ops : &default_ops;
+	s->s_op = ops ? ops : &simple_super_operations;
 	s->s_time_gran = 1;
 	root = new_inode(s);
 	if (!root)
@@ -359,7 +362,6 @@
 
 int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, int magic, struct tree_descr *files)
 {
-	static struct super_operations s_ops = {.statfs = simple_statfs};
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *root;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@
 	s->s_blocksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	s->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	s->s_magic = magic;
-	s->s_op = &s_ops;
+	s->s_op = &simple_super_operations;
 	s->s_time_gran = 1;
 
 	inode = new_inode(s);