diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 042af7346ec127f757bdd913ccc2d924a4f55ae6..bfed8447ed8090d8e233ef44f6d8eb13a440de10 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
 	}
 
 	entry = newent ? newent : entry;
-	d_set_d_op(entry, &fuse_dentry_operations);
 	if (outarg_valid)
 		fuse_change_entry_timeout(entry, &outarg);
 	else
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f62b32cffea9ee50a4cd9944e474aa56eecf85e0..9e3f68cc1bd1338e2c8a6f73de6646fface53be7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -617,10 +617,8 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto out_iput;
 
 	entry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
-	if (!IS_ERR(entry) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID) {
-		d_set_d_op(entry, &fuse_dentry_operations);
+	if (!IS_ERR(entry) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID)
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
-	}
 
 	return entry;
 
@@ -719,10 +717,8 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	}
 
 	parent = d_obtain_alias(inode);
-	if (!IS_ERR(parent) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID) {
-		d_set_d_op(parent, &fuse_dentry_operations);
+	if (!IS_ERR(parent) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID)
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(parent);
-	}
 
 	return parent;
 }
@@ -989,6 +985,8 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		iput(root);
 		goto err_put_conn;
 	}
+	/* only now - we want root dentry with NULL ->d_op */
+	sb->s_d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;
 
 	init_req = fuse_request_alloc();
 	if (!init_req)