diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index be4ebdd8048b..803ff4c63c31 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ end_enum:
 	} else if (fname && fname->home.low == cpu_to_le32(MFT_REC_EXTEND) &&
 		   fname->home.seq == cpu_to_le16(MFT_REC_EXTEND)) {
 		/* Records in $Extend are not a files or general directories. */
+		inode->i_op = &ntfs_file_inode_operations;
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;