diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 4908c38..b6bd33c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -385,11 +385,11 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= generic_file_read,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
-	.write		= generic_file_write,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= hostfs_file_open,
 	.release	= NULL,