diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index 1fbe6c24d705..cb3cfa6329ba 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -570,7 +570,3 @@ 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/fscrypt_private.h b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
index 4f5806a3b73d..df9c48c1fbf7 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
+++ b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ int fscrypt_fname_encrypt(const struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *iname,
 bool fscrypt_fname_encrypted_size(const union fscrypt_policy *policy,
 				  u32 orig_len, u32 max_len,
 				  u32 *encrypted_len_ret);
-extern const struct dentry_operations fscrypt_d_ops;
 
 /* hkdf.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index 20b0df47fe6a..9006fa983335 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_NOKEY_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 ca50c90adc4c..e757319a4472 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 45fcdbf538d1..983f2b970d6a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3354,10 +3354,6 @@ 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 f458d1d81d96..8e2398e5d0fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@ 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 ef4734b40e2a..82b365acedf8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4974,11 +4974,6 @@ no_journal:
 		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 4b9ef8bbfa4a..71fdf5076461 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -1099,10 +1099,3 @@ 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 99bcf4b44a9c..01fd42843e49 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3688,9 +3688,6 @@ 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 8fa37d1434de..6edb1ab579a1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ 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 0ec292d7fcdb..08e63c8caa1e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -3426,7 +3426,6 @@ 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 155521e51ac5..7a920434d741 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ 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 a8f7a43f031b..e72f80482671 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -741,8 +741,11 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
  * directory's encryption key is available, then the lookup is assumed to be by
  * plaintext name; otherwise, it is assumed to be by no-key name.
  *
- * 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.
+ * This will set DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME on the dentry if the lookup is by no-key
+ * name.  In this case the filesystem must assign the dentry a dentry_operations
+ * which contains fscrypt_d_revalidate (or contains a d_revalidate method that
+ * calls fscrypt_d_revalidate), so that the dentry will be invalidated if the
+ * directory's encryption key is later added.
  *
  * Return: 0 on success; -ENOENT if the directory's key is unavailable but the
  * filename isn't a valid no-key name, so a negative dentry should be created;