diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 830a7e76f5c64067e46fad8fd368e9112ddae7a9..284f9aa0028b8dd46b9897ababc5e826c185c608 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -43,17 +42,6 @@ const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek =	noop_llseek,
 };
 
-static void *debugfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	nd_set_link(nd, d_inode(dentry)->i_private);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-const struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations = {
-	.readlink       = generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link    = debugfs_follow_link,
-};
-
 static int debugfs_u8_set(void *data, u64 val)
 {
 	*(u8 *)data = val;
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index c1e7ffb0dab658ecd21c449bf36467b14e0b75d6..7eaec88ea970d1a6ea8422465857deaefd2b7052 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void debugfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		kfree(inode->i_private);
+		kfree(inode->i_link);
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations debugfs_super_operations = {
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 		return failed_creating(dentry);
 	}
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO;
-	inode->i_op = &debugfs_link_operations;
-	inode->i_private = link;
+	inode->i_op = &simple_symlink_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_link = link;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	return end_creating(dentry);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index cb25af46105406908e5a825ca3812f0ff63d3194..420311bcee38c291cf75894ebfe4c2d1141da1a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ extern struct dentry *arch_debugfs_dir;
 
 /* declared over in file.c */
 extern const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
 
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				   struct dentry *parent, void *data,