diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 952d361774bb..c1e5a3b4f758 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,6 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t dev)
 		inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
 		inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
-		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &shmem_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inode->i_generation = get_seconds();
@@ -1528,6 +1527,7 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t dev)
 			init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
 			break;
 		case S_IFREG:
+			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
 			inode->i_op = &shmem_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &shmem_file_operations;
 			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy,
@@ -1929,6 +1929,7 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *s
 			return error;
 		}
 		unlock_page(page);
+		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
 		inode->i_op = &shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
 		kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 		memcpy(kaddr, symname, len);