diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 5a9ff1c3c3e9..cb592773c78b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -2166,12 +2166,6 @@ static const struct file_operations pfm_file_ops = {
 	.flush		= pfm_flush
 };
 
-static int
-pfmfs_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static char *pfmfs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 {
 	return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "pfm:[%lu]",
@@ -2179,7 +2173,7 @@ static char *pfmfs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 }
 
 static const struct dentry_operations pfmfs_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_delete = pfmfs_delete_dentry,
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
 	.d_dname = pfmfs_dname,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index f039b104a98e..b03dd23feda8 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -42,23 +42,6 @@
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
 
-/**
- * v9fs_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
- * @dentry:  dentry in question
- *
- * By returning 1 here we should remove cacheing of unused
- * dentry components.
- *
- */
-
-static int v9fs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n",
-		 dentry->d_name.name, dentry);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /**
  * v9fs_cached_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
  * @dentry:  dentry in question
@@ -134,6 +117,6 @@ const struct dentry_operations v9fs_cached_dentry_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_delete = v9fs_dentry_delete,
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
 	.d_release = v9fs_dentry_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 277bd1be21fd..4522e0755773 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -66,19 +66,9 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
-/*
- * We _must_ delete our dentries on last dput, as the chain-to-parent
- * behavior is required to clear the parents of default_groups.
- */
-static int configfs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 const struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_iput		= configfs_d_iput,
-	/* simple_delete_dentry() isn't exported */
-	.d_delete	= configfs_d_delete,
+	.d_delete	= always_delete_dentry,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index a8766b880c07..becc725a1953 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -83,19 +83,10 @@ static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Retaining negative dentries for an in-memory filesystem just wastes
- * memory and lookup time: arrange for them to be deleted immediately.
- */
-static int efivarfs_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static struct dentry_operations efivarfs_d_ops = {
 	.d_compare = efivarfs_d_compare,
 	.d_hash = efivarfs_d_hash,
-	.d_delete = efivarfs_delete_dentry,
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
 };
 
 static struct dentry *efivarfs_alloc_dentry(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 25437280a207..db23ce1bd903 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ static inline struct hostfs_inode_info *HOSTFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 
 #define FILE_HOSTFS_I(file) HOSTFS_I(file_inode(file))
 
-static int hostfs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static const struct dentry_operations hostfs_dentry_ops = {
-	.d_delete		= hostfs_d_delete,
-};
-
 /* Changed in hostfs_args before the kernel starts running */
 static char *root_ino = "";
 static int append = 0;
@@ -925,7 +916,7 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
 	sb->s_magic = HOSTFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &hostfs_sbops;
-	sb->s_d_op = &hostfs_dentry_ops;
+	sb->s_d_op = &simple_dentry_operations;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 
 	/* NULL is printed as <NULL> by sprintf: avoid that. */
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 5de06947ba5e..a1844244246f 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_statfs);
  * Retaining negative dentries for an in-memory filesystem just wastes
  * memory and lookup time: arrange for them to be deleted immediately.
  */
-static int simple_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
+int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(always_delete_dentry);
+
+const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dentry_operations);
 
 /*
  * Lookup the data. This is trivial - if the dentry didn't already
@@ -58,10 +64,6 @@ static int simple_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	static const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations = {
-		.d_delete = simple_delete_dentry,
-	};
-
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 	if (!dentry->d_sb->s_d_op)
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 737e15615b04..cca93b6fb9a9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -174,22 +174,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
 	.follow_link	= proc_follow_link,
 };
 
-/*
- * As some entries in /proc are volatile, we want to 
- * get rid of unused dentries.  This could be made 
- * smarter: we could keep a "volatile" flag in the 
- * inode to indicate which ones to keep.
- */
-static int proc_delete_dentry(const struct dentry * dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static const struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_operations =
-{
-	.d_delete	= proc_delete_dentry,
-};
-
 /*
  * Don't create negative dentries here, return -ENOENT by hand
  * instead.
@@ -209,7 +193,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir,
 			inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, de);
 			if (!inode)
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-			d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_dentry_operations);
+			d_set_d_op(dentry, &simple_dentry_operations);
 			d_add(dentry, inode);
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 49a7fff2e83a..9ae46b87470d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations ns_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
 };
 
-static int ns_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	/* Don't cache namespace inodes when not in use */
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -59,7 +53,7 @@ static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 
 const struct dentry_operations ns_dentry_operations =
 {
-	.d_delete	= ns_delete_dentry,
+	.d_delete	= always_delete_dentry,
 	.d_dname	= ns_dname,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index bf5d574ebdf4..121f11f001c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2622,7 +2622,9 @@ extern int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 extern int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 			struct page *page, void *fsdata);
+extern int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 extern struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *);
+extern const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations;
 
 extern struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int flags);
 extern ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index e0839bcd48c8..4c62513fe19f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -895,11 +895,6 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
-static int cgroup_delete(const struct dentry *d)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void remove_dir(struct dentry *d)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = dget(d->d_parent);
@@ -1486,7 +1481,7 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dops = {
 		.d_iput = cgroup_diput,
-		.d_delete = cgroup_delete,
+		.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
 	};
 
 	struct inode *inode =
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index d0d14a04dce1..bf04b30a788a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -471,15 +471,6 @@ struct rpc_filelist {
 	umode_t mode;
 };
 
-static int rpc_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static const struct dentry_operations rpc_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_delete = rpc_delete_dentry,
-};
-
 static struct inode *
 rpc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode)
 {
@@ -1266,7 +1257,7 @@ rpc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	sb->s_magic = RPCAUTH_GSSMAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &s_ops;
-	sb->s_d_op = &rpc_dentry_operations;
+	sb->s_d_op = &simple_dentry_operations;
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 
 	inode = rpc_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);