diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 5e7075d5f13970876879fdfe276e9f69e60b0a77..d9f652a522a6994097d7ec4008abacb0cfc0b65a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ cifs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data,
 		goto out_no_root;
 	}
 
+	/* do that *after* d_alloc_root() - we want NULL ->d_op for root here */
+	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->nocase)
+		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+	else
+		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
 		cFYI(1, "export ops supported");
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 2e773825835e837a4fd77ff038928c29dce191aa..1e95dd6356324bfbc908c86335f6a501c61b6aa6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -130,17 +130,6 @@ build_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry)
 	return full_path;
 }
 
-static void setup_cifs_dentry(struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
-			      struct dentry *direntry,
-			      struct inode *newinode)
-{
-	if (tcon->nocase)
-		d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-	else
-		d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
-	d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
-}
-
 /* Inode operations in similar order to how they appear in Linux file fs.h */
 
 int
@@ -327,7 +316,7 @@ cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode,
 
 cifs_create_set_dentry:
 	if (rc == 0)
-		setup_cifs_dentry(tcon, direntry, newinode);
+		d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 	else
 		cFYI(1, "Create worked, get_inode_info failed rc = %d", rc);
 
@@ -418,10 +407,6 @@ int cifs_mknod(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode,
 
 		rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
 						inode->i_sb, xid);
-		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-		else
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 
 		if (rc == 0)
 			d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
@@ -601,10 +586,6 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 				parent_dir_inode->i_sb, xid, NULL);
 
 	if ((rc == 0) && (newInode != NULL)) {
-		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-		else
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(direntry, newInode);
 		if (posix_open) {
 			filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, direntry,
@@ -631,10 +612,6 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 	} else if (rc == -ENOENT) {
 		rc = 0;
 		direntry->d_time = jiffies;
-		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-		else
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(direntry, NULL);
 	/*	if it was once a directory (but how can we tell?) we could do
 		shrink_dcache_parent(direntry); */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 0c7e36910e3106846bfde09610045230a1b2e745..b06b60620240e72b99e3a97a3cf4b588f8afa06f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1324,10 +1324,6 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
 /*BB check (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SET_UID ) to see if need
 	to set uid/gid */
 			inc_nlink(inode);
-			if (pTcon->nocase)
-				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-			else
-				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 
 			cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr(&fattr, pInfo, cifs_sb);
 			cifs_fill_uniqueid(inode->i_sb, &fattr);
@@ -1368,10 +1364,6 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
 			rc = cifs_get_inode_info(&newinode, full_path, NULL,
 						 inode->i_sb, xid, NULL);
 
-		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-		else
-			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 		 /* setting nlink not necessary except in cases where we
 		  * failed to get it from the server or was set bogus */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index fe2f6a93c49e3cf596fb14f3482f2a55e540fef7..306769de2fb5369e221df1975dba3b904b6b1d5c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -524,10 +524,6 @@ cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname)
 			cFYI(1, "Create symlink ok, getinodeinfo fail rc = %d",
 			      rc);
 		} else {
-			if (pTcon->nocase)
-				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-			else
-				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 			d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 76b1b37c9e6b7e916258cb19a862875843d20e66..7f25cc3d22569509cd59ac27f6b9e3acc2ddaf5f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ cifs_readdir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(CIFS_SB(sb))->nocase)
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
-	else
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
-
 	alias = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (alias != NULL) {
 		dput(dentry);