diff --git a/fs/exofs/Kbuild b/fs/exofs/Kbuild
index b47c7b8dc275429e87b1b35fe0a36af2e820cdf3..a364fd0965ec6a35e27c386b22916a20de9469b3 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/Kbuild
+++ b/fs/exofs/Kbuild
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 libore-y := ore.o ore_raid.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ORE) += libore.o
 
-exofs-y := inode.o file.o symlink.o namei.o dir.o super.o sys.o
+exofs-y := inode.o file.o namei.o dir.o super.o sys.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EXOFS_FS) += exofs.o
diff --git a/fs/exofs/exofs.h b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
index ad9cac670a470d163001c7aa2227db46afc607d3..2e86086bc9403efe99a25ab0df439db0c714eb4e 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/exofs.h
+++ b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations exofs_aops;
 extern const struct inode_operations exofs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations exofs_special_inode_operations;
 
-/* symlink.c         */
-extern const struct inode_operations exofs_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern const struct inode_operations exofs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-
 /* exofs_init_comps will initialize an ore_components device array
  * pointing to a single ore_comp struct, and a round-robin view
  * of the device table.
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index 786e4cc8c889cc8903f7d734ee3e255c0aeb24f8..73c64daa0f5517b4ff8271bd17e25740bb83d506 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1222,10 +1222,11 @@ struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_fop = &exofs_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &exofs_aops;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (exofs_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-			inode->i_op = &exofs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
-			inode->i_op = &exofs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		if (exofs_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
+			inode->i_op = &simple_symlink_inode_operations;
+			inode->i_link = (char *)oi->i_data;
+		} else {
+			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &exofs_aops;
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c
index 5ae25e43119185e04d19a287e534921cc61bbc1c..09a6bb1ad63c840b91ef56114871753454046292 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int exofs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	oi = exofs_i(inode);
 	if (l > sizeof(oi->i_data)) {
 		/* slow symlink */
-		inode->i_op = &exofs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &exofs_aops;
 		memset(oi->i_data, 0, sizeof(oi->i_data));
 
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ static int exofs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			goto out_fail;
 	} else {
 		/* fast symlink */
-		inode->i_op = &exofs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_op = &simple_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_link = (char *)oi->i_data;
 		memcpy(oi->i_data, symname, l);
 		inode->i_size = l-1;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/exofs/symlink.c b/fs/exofs/symlink.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f6f3a4c1365f730747e74d9c30dd83cb796b99c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/exofs/symlink.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006
- * Avishay Traeger (avishay@gmail.com)
- * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009
- * Boaz Harrosh <ooo@electrozaur.com>
- *
- * Copyrights for code taken from ext2:
- *     Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
- *     Remy Card (card@masi.ibp.fr)
- *     Laboratoire MASI - Institut Blaise Pascal
- *     Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
- *     from
- *     linux/fs/minix/inode.c
- *     Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
- *
- * This file is part of exofs.
- *
- * exofs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation.  Since it is based on ext2, and the only
- * valid version of GPL for the Linux kernel is version 2, the only valid
- * version of GPL for exofs is version 2.
- *
- * exofs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with exofs; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- */
-
-#include <linux/namei.h>
-
-#include "exofs.h"
-
-static void *exofs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(d_inode(dentry));
-
-	nd_set_link(nd, (char *)oi->i_data);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-const struct inode_operations exofs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
-	.put_link	= page_put_link,
-};
-
-const struct inode_operations exofs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link	= exofs_follow_link,
-};