diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 7b277d449155..5a31d426116f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ void gfs2_set_iop(struct inode *inode)
 	if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &gfs2_file_iops;
 		if (gfs2_localflocks(sdp))
-			inode->i_fop = gfs2_file_fops_nolock;
+			inode->i_fop = &gfs2_file_fops_nolock;
 		else
-			inode->i_fop = gfs2_file_fops;
+			inode->i_fop = &gfs2_file_fops;
 	} else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &gfs2_dir_iops;
 		if (gfs2_localflocks(sdp))
-			inode->i_fop = gfs2_dir_fops_nolock;
+			inode->i_fop = &gfs2_dir_fops_nolock;
 		else
-			inode->i_fop = gfs2_dir_fops;
+			inode->i_fop = &gfs2_dir_fops;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &gfs2_symlink_iops;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
index dca4fee3078b..c30be2b66580 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
@@ -101,21 +101,23 @@ void gfs2_dinode_print(const struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops;
-extern const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops_nolock;
-extern const struct file_operations *gfs2_dir_fops_nolock;
+extern const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops_nolock;
+extern const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops_nolock;
 
 extern void gfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode);
  
 #ifdef CONFIG_GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM
-extern const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops;
-extern const struct file_operations *gfs2_dir_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops;
+
 static inline int gfs2_localflocks(const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
 	return sdp->sd_args.ar_localflocks;
 }
 #else /* Single node only */
-#define gfs2_file_fops NULL
-#define gfs2_dir_fops NULL
+#define gfs2_file_fops gfs2_file_fops_nolock
+#define gfs2_dir_fops gfs2_dir_fops_nolock
+
 static inline int gfs2_localflocks(const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
 	return 1;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c
index 70b9b8548945..101caf3ee861 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int gfs2_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	}
 }
 
-const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops = &(const struct file_operations){
+const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= gfs2_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops = &(const struct file_operations){
 	.setlease	= gfs2_setlease,
 };
 
-const struct file_operations *gfs2_dir_fops = &(const struct file_operations){
+const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops = {
 	.readdir	= gfs2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.open		= gfs2_open,
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ const struct file_operations *gfs2_dir_fops = &(const struct file_operations){
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM */
 
-const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops_nolock = &(const struct file_operations){
+const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops_nolock = {
 	.llseek		= gfs2_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ const struct file_operations *gfs2_file_fops_nolock = &(const struct file_operat
 	.setlease	= generic_setlease,
 };
 
-const struct file_operations *gfs2_dir_fops_nolock = &(const struct file_operations){
+const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops_nolock = {
 	.readdir	= gfs2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.open		= gfs2_open,