diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 4bdd547dbf6f..85ea98d139fc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -147,18 +147,17 @@ cifs_read_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		goto out_no_root;
 	}
 
+	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->nocase)
+		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+	else
+		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_no_root;
 	}
 
-	/* do that *after* d_make_root() - we want NULL ->d_op for root here */
-	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->nocase)
-		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
-	else
-		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "export ops supported\n");