diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 27da860115c6..3551f1f839eb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_ns_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	ei->ns_ops    = ns_ops;
 	ei->ns	      = ns;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &pid_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
 	if (pid_revalidate(dentry, NULL))