diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 1b9e07728a9fc3c95cc89b263f14fcb751697c6d..ce7337ddfdbfd2c156ec012b5a8282381954c49b 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ static struct dentry *minix_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, st
 	struct inode * inode = NULL;
 	ino_t ino;
 
-	d_set_d_op(dentry, dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op);
-
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > minix_sb(dir->i_sb)->s_namelen)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);