diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 2426e713b77f19567f82824c39126acacb59721d..ea929207f27412e24a04631a301339b5990f7830 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static int nfs_xdev_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		error = PTR_ERR(mntroot);
 		goto error_splat_super;
 	}
-	if (mntroot->d_inode->i_op != &nfs_dir_inode_operations) {
+	if (mntroot->d_inode->i_op != server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dir_inode_ops) {
 		dput(mntroot);
 		error = -ESTALE;
 		goto error_splat_super;