diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index ffb9b3675736..4de660fe739c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -1704,8 +1704,6 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_index_inode(struct inode *base_vi, struct inode *vi)
 	iput(bvi);
 skip_large_index_stuff:
 	/* Setup the operations for this index inode. */
-	vi->i_op = NULL;
-	vi->i_fop = NULL;
 	vi->i_mapping->a_ops = &ntfs_mst_aops;
 	vi->i_blocks = ni->allocated_size >> 9;
 	/*