diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 861113f..0bc81cf 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
 		goto out_put;
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	dentry->d_op = &hostfs_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &hostfs_dentry_ops);
 	return NULL;
 
  out_put: