diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 672368f865ca..78bf72fc1db3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static void nfs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
-struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations = {
+const struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_revalidate	= nfs_lookup_revalidate,
 	.d_delete	= nfs_dentry_delete,
 	.d_iput		= nfs_dentry_iput,
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, stru
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 static int nfs_open_revalidate(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
-struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations = {
+const struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_revalidate	= nfs_open_revalidate,
 	.d_delete	= nfs_dentry_delete,
 	.d_iput		= nfs_dentry_iput,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 4e4d33204376..84345deab26f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ struct nfs4_state_recovery_ops {
 	int (*recover_lock)(struct nfs4_state *, struct file_lock *);
 };
 
-extern struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations;
+extern const struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* inode.c */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index db867b04ac3c..8cc8807f77d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ extern const struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
 extern const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations;
-extern struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations;
+extern const struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations;
 
 extern void nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(struct inode *dir);
 extern int nfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 2e5f00066afd..43a713fce11c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ struct nfs_access_entry;
  */
 struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 	u32	version;		/* Protocol version */
-	struct dentry_operations *dentry_ops;
+	const struct dentry_operations *dentry_ops;
 	const struct inode_operations *dir_inode_ops;
 	const struct inode_operations *file_inode_ops;