diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 28b3666..889311e 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
-	dentry->d_op = &simple_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &simple_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, NULL);
 	return NULL;
 }