diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index d45db23ff6c4..efa942e3ab53 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -581,7 +581,3 @@ int fscrypt_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	return valid;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_d_revalidate);
-
-const struct dentry_operations fscrypt_d_ops = {
-	.d_revalidate = fscrypt_d_revalidate,
-};
diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index 09fb8aa0f2e9..7d6898ca152a 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &fscrypt_d_ops);
 	}
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index b437120f0b3f..f0135042c2ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -667,10 +667,3 @@ const struct file_operations ext4_dir_operations = {
 	.open		= ext4_dir_open,
 	.release	= ext4_release_dir,
 };
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
-const struct dentry_operations ext4_dentry_ops = {
-	.d_hash = generic_ci_d_hash,
-	.d_compare = generic_ci_d_compare,
-};
-#endif
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5df0fbd6add4..cbde8447eddd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3247,10 +3247,6 @@ static inline void ext4_unlock_group(struct super_block *sb,
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct file_operations ext4_dir_operations;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
-extern const struct dentry_operations ext4_dentry_ops;
-#endif
-
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index ea7dee80c8a4..592ea2f8ea19 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_lookup_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
 	err = ext4_fname_prepare_lookup(dir, dentry, &fname);
+	generic_set_encrypted_ci_d_ops(dentry);
 	if (err == -ENOENT)
 		return NULL;
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8a261a6bb608..ce67540bd882 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4719,11 +4719,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount4;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
-	if (sb->s_encoding)
-		sb->s_d_op = &ext4_dentry_ops;
-#endif
-
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root dentry failed");
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index a18f839b6fb2..0766e6250a88 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -1106,10 +1106,3 @@ const struct file_operations f2fs_dir_operations = {
 	.compat_ioctl   = f2fs_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
 };
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
-const struct dentry_operations f2fs_dentry_ops = {
-	.d_hash = generic_ci_d_hash,
-	.d_compare = generic_ci_d_compare,
-};
-#endif
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 61fd78b1b1bd..af1d469e8c1e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3774,9 +3774,6 @@ static inline void f2fs_update_sit_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) {}
 #endif
 
 extern const struct file_operations f2fs_dir_operations;
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
-extern const struct dentry_operations f2fs_dentry_ops;
-#endif
 extern const struct file_operations f2fs_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations f2fs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations f2fs_dblock_aops;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 90565432559c..70a8e516fd32 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	err = f2fs_prepare_lookup(dir, dentry, &fname);
+	generic_set_encrypted_ci_d_ops(dentry);
 	if (err == -ENOENT)
 		goto out_splice;
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 5fe614011e41..63c744c6aeff 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -3410,7 +3410,6 @@ static int f2fs_setup_casefold(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 		sbi->sb->s_encoding = encoding;
 		sbi->sb->s_encoding_flags = encoding_flags;
-		sbi->sb->s_d_op = &f2fs_dentry_ops;
 	}
 #else
 	if (f2fs_sb_has_casefold(sbi)) {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 9d042942d8b2..fdae78934c02 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static struct dentry *ubifs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	dbg_gen("'%pd' in dir ino %lu", dentry, dir->i_ino);
 
 	err = fscrypt_prepare_lookup(dir, dentry, &nm);
+	generic_set_encrypted_ci_d_ops(dentry);
 	if (err == -ENOENT)
 		return d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index 265b1e9119dc..fc04452921b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -740,8 +740,9 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
  * filenames are presented in encrypted form.  Therefore, we'll try to set up
  * the directory's encryption key, but even without it the lookup can continue.
  *
- * This also installs a custom ->d_revalidate() method which will invalidate the
- * dentry if it was created without the key and the key is later added.
+ * After calling this function, a filesystem should ensure that its dentry
+ * operations contain fscrypt_d_revalidate if DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME was set,
+ * so that the dentry can be invalidated if the key is later added.
  *
  * Return: 0 on success; -ENOENT if key is unavailable but the filename isn't a
  * correctly formed encoded ciphertext name, so a negative dentry should be
