diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 12f490fdee8f3fad985ab780883ebbd92cbd8707..c44bbedec817df655b7b61e12b0433818e7abdc4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 static struct super_operations usbfs_ops;
 static struct file_operations default_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations usbfs_dir_inode_operations;
 static struct vfsmount *usbfs_mount;
 static int usbfs_mount_count;	/* = 0 */
 static int ignore_mount = 0;
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ static struct inode *usbfs_get_inode (struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t de
 			inode->i_fop = &default_file_operations;
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_op = &usbfs_dir_inode_operations;
+			inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
@@ -417,10 +416,6 @@ static struct file_operations default_file_operations = {
 	.llseek =	default_file_lseek,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations usbfs_dir_inode_operations = {
-	.lookup =	simple_lookup,
-};
-
 static struct super_operations usbfs_ops = {
 	.statfs =	simple_statfs,
 	.drop_inode =	generic_delete_inode,