diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/file.c b/fs/vboxsf/file.c
index 2307f8037efc..118dedef8ebe 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/file.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/file.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ const struct file_operations vboxsf_reg_fops = {
 	.release = vboxsf_file_release,
 	.fsync = noop_fsync,
 	.splice_read = filemap_splice_read,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations vboxsf_reg_iops = {