diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 78b26f875eee9fb69678ccfd0ef745d7959ede43..509dcb58959e25dc928b56c3029ed2308bfa332b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ nfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
 	lock_kernel();
-	res = NFS_PROTO(inode)->file_open(inode, filp);
+	res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return res;
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ nfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		nfs_wb_all(dentry->d_inode);
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSRELEASE);
-	return NFS_PROTO(inode)->file_release(inode, filp);
+	return nfs_release(inode, filp);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index b9c2d995332b0fe577e6491829fbb54a7dd4fbb7..1e750e4574a911e982606265edb63033be870de4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -816,8 +816,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v3_clientops = {
 	.write_done	= nfs3_write_done,
 	.commit_setup	= nfs3_proc_commit_setup,
 	.commit_done	= nfs3_commit_done,
-	.file_open	= nfs_open,
-	.file_release	= nfs_release,
 	.lock		= nfs3_proc_lock,
 	.clear_acl_cache = nfs3_forget_cached_acls,
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 31a7e4c54a12b018ca4527eb4adea9ed46263333..dfdd19a6d17ec939d141fbd30d44622dc16a2514 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3714,8 +3714,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v4_clientops = {
 	.write_done	= nfs4_write_done,
 	.commit_setup	= nfs4_proc_commit_setup,
 	.commit_done	= nfs4_commit_done,
-	.file_open      = nfs_open,
-	.file_release   = nfs_release,
 	.lock		= nfs4_proc_lock,
 	.clear_acl_cache = nfs4_zap_acl_attr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index c7605587d0eb991d3995823b92d3e86edaabcf6c..4dbb84df1b686995346cf352bc8107b5dd424028 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -655,8 +655,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v2_clientops = {
 	.write_setup	= nfs_proc_write_setup,
 	.write_done	= nfs_write_done,
 	.commit_setup	= nfs_proc_commit_setup,
-	.file_open	= nfs_open,
-	.file_release	= nfs_release,
 	.lock		= nfs_proc_lock,
 	.lock_check_bounds = nfs_lock_check_bounds,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 8d780de371f029d198d0a5a10385ed67283044a1..8c77c11224d1e0b009d6250b8789287d5a628b35 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -829,8 +829,6 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 	int	(*write_done)  (struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_write_data *);
 	void	(*commit_setup) (struct nfs_write_data *, struct rpc_message *);
 	int	(*commit_done) (struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_write_data *);
-	int	(*file_open)   (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int	(*file_release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int	(*lock)(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 	int	(*lock_check_bounds)(const struct file_lock *);
 	void	(*clear_acl_cache)(struct inode *);