diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 6c520eda131f..5947556b6e90 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1890,9 +1890,15 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_cursor(struct dentry * parent)
  */
 struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+	static const struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
+		.d_dname = simple_dname
+	};
 	struct dentry *dentry = __d_alloc(sb, name);
-	if (likely(dentry))
+	if (likely(dentry)) {
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_NORCU;
+		if (!sb->s_d_op)
+			d_set_d_op(dentry, &anon_ops);
+	}
 	return dentry;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index de4a2915bfd4..8889cbee13f8 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 				const char *name, int flags,
 				const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
-	static const struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
-		.d_dname = simple_dname
-	};
 	struct qstr this = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
 	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
@@ -339,8 +336,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
 	if (!path.dentry)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	if (!mnt->mnt_sb->s_d_op)
-		d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &anon_ops);
 	path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 	file = alloc_file(&path, flags, fops);