diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index a38d4b22d1f8..a82f0340744f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 		/* Why so? Because we want revalidate for devices/FIFOs, and
 		 * that's precisely what we have in nfs_file_inode_operations.
 		 */
-		inode->i_op = &nfs_file_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_op = NFS_SB(sb)->rpc_ops->file_inode_ops;
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			inode->i_fop = &nfs_file_operations;
 			inode->i_data.a_ops = &nfs_file_aops;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index 3878494dfc2c..53953a775714 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops	nfs_v3_clientops = {
 	.version	= 3,			/* protocol version */
 	.dentry_ops	= &nfs_dentry_operations,
 	.dir_inode_ops	= &nfs_dir_inode_operations,
+	.file_inode_ops	= &nfs_file_inode_operations,
 	.getroot	= nfs3_proc_get_root,
 	.getattr	= nfs3_proc_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs3_proc_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index a69c02b206c1..a5a8cb3159a0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2746,6 +2746,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops	nfs_v4_clientops = {
 	.version	= 4,			/* protocol version */
 	.dentry_ops	= &nfs4_dentry_operations,
 	.dir_inode_ops	= &nfs4_dir_inode_operations,
+	.file_inode_ops	= &nfs_file_inode_operations,
 	.getroot	= nfs4_proc_get_root,
 	.getattr	= nfs4_proc_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs4_proc_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index d31b4d6e5a5e..cedf636bcf3c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops	nfs_v2_clientops = {
 	.version	= 2,		       /* protocol version */
 	.dentry_ops	= &nfs_dentry_operations,
 	.dir_inode_ops	= &nfs_dir_inode_operations,
+	.file_inode_ops	= &nfs_file_inode_operations,
 	.getroot	= nfs_proc_get_root,
 	.getattr	= nfs_proc_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs_proc_setattr,
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 47037d9521cb..5b45bafd9db5 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 	int	version;		/* Protocol version */
 	struct dentry_operations *dentry_ops;
 	struct inode_operations *dir_inode_ops;
+	struct inode_operations *file_inode_ops;
 
 	int	(*getroot) (struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *,
 			    struct nfs_fsinfo *);