diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index b3bb815fc6aa..f7f63a567d86 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ 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 d00d21a8b53a..313024f5c90c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4660,6 +4660,7 @@ try_onemore:
 		goto free_node_inode;
 	}
 
+	generic_set_sb_d_ops(sb);
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root); /* allocate root dentry */
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;