diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 03b688d19f69..4f61d19cde18 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1643,22 +1643,9 @@ static int kernfs_fop_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static loff_t kernfs_dir_fop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
-				    int whence)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	loff_t ret;
-
-	inode_lock(inode);
-	ret = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
-	inode_unlock(inode);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 const struct file_operations kernfs_dir_fops = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.iterate	= kernfs_fop_readdir,
+	.iterate_shared	= kernfs_fop_readdir,
 	.release	= kernfs_dir_fop_release,
-	.llseek		= kernfs_dir_fop_llseek,
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };