diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 96f606deee31..4fcd6a722213 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2855,6 +2855,7 @@ xfs_rename_alloc_whiteout(
 	 * and flag it as linkable.
 	 */
 	drop_nlink(VFS_I(tmpfile));
+	xfs_setup_iops(tmpfile);
 	xfs_finish_inode_setup(tmpfile);
 	VFS_I(tmpfile)->i_state |= I_LINKABLE;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 43e1d51b15eb..e52d7c7aeb5b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ loff_t	__xfs_seek_hole_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t start,
 
 
 /* from xfs_iops.c */
+extern void xfs_setup_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+extern void xfs_setup_iops(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+
 /*
  * When setting up a newly allocated inode, we need to call
  * xfs_finish_inode_setup() once the inode is fully instantiated at
@@ -447,7 +450,6 @@ loff_t	__xfs_seek_hole_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t start,
  * before we've completed instantiation. Otherwise we can do it
  * the moment the inode lookup is complete.
  */
-extern void xfs_setup_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 static inline void xfs_finish_inode_setup(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 {
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_INEW);
@@ -458,6 +460,7 @@ static inline void xfs_finish_inode_setup(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 static inline void xfs_setup_existing_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 {
 	xfs_setup_inode(ip);
+	xfs_setup_iops(ip);
 	xfs_finish_inode_setup(ip);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index fb7dc61f4a29..f08d91c51b7f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ xfs_generic_create(
 	}
 #endif
 
+	xfs_setup_iops(ip);
+
 	if (tmpfile)
 		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
 	else
@@ -368,6 +370,8 @@ xfs_vn_symlink(
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		goto out_cleanup_inode;
 
+	xfs_setup_iops(cip);
+
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	xfs_finish_inode_setup(cip);
 	return 0;
@@ -1193,7 +1197,7 @@ xfs_diflags_to_iflags(
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialize the Linux inode and set up the operation vectors.
+ * Initialize the Linux inode.
  *
  * When reading existing inodes from disk this is called directly from xfs_iget,
  * when creating a new inode it is called from xfs_ialloc after setting up the
@@ -1232,32 +1236,12 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 	i_size_write(inode, ip->i_d.di_size);
 	xfs_diflags_to_iflags(inode, ip);
 
-	ip->d_ops = ip->i_mount->m_nondir_inode_ops;
-	lockdep_set_class(&ip->i_lock.mr_lock, &xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
-	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
-	case S_IFREG:
-		inode->i_op = &xfs_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_fop = &xfs_file_operations;
-		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &xfs_address_space_operations;
-		break;
-	case S_IFDIR:
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		lockdep_set_class(&ip->i_lock.mr_lock, &xfs_dir_ilock_class);
-		if (xfs_sb_version_hasasciici(&XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_sb))
-			inode->i_op = &xfs_dir_ci_inode_operations;
-		else
-			inode->i_op = &xfs_dir_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_fop = &xfs_dir_file_operations;
 		ip->d_ops = ip->i_mount->m_dir_inode_ops;
-		break;
-	case S_IFLNK:
-		inode->i_op = &xfs_symlink_inode_operations;
-		if (!(ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE))
-			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &xfs_address_space_operations;
-		break;
-	default:
-		inode->i_op = &xfs_inode_operations;
-		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
-		break;
+	} else {
+		ip->d_ops = ip->i_mount->m_nondir_inode_ops;
+		lockdep_set_class(&ip->i_lock.mr_lock, &xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1277,3 +1261,34 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 		cache_no_acl(inode);
 	}
 }
+
+void
+xfs_setup_iops(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = &ip->i_vnode;
+
+	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFREG:
+		inode->i_op = &xfs_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &xfs_file_operations;
+		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &xfs_address_space_operations;
+		break;
+	case S_IFDIR:
+		if (xfs_sb_version_hasasciici(&XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_sb))
+			inode->i_op = &xfs_dir_ci_inode_operations;
+		else
+			inode->i_op = &xfs_dir_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &xfs_dir_file_operations;
+		break;
+	case S_IFLNK:
+		inode->i_op = &xfs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		if (!(ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE))
+			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &xfs_address_space_operations;
+		break;
+	default:
+		inode->i_op = &xfs_inode_operations;
+		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
+		break;
+	}
+}