diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 2e24e89bd92b9882610e3fc4a98f484ceb97a976..a43df04c81f9fa171ee3a9bf808eb010d5484059 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void sysfs_put_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 	kfree(od);
 }
 
-static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+static int kernfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->priv;
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+static int kernfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_open_file *of = sysfs_of(filp);
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ void sysfs_unmap_bin_file(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  * to see if it supports poll (Neither 'poll' nor 'select' return
  * an appropriate error code).  When in doubt, set a suitable timeout value.
  */
-static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
+static unsigned int kernfs_file_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct sysfs_open_file *of = sysfs_of(filp);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -881,24 +881,14 @@ void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *k, const char *dir, const char *attr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_notify);
 
-const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations kernfs_file_operations = {
 	.read		= kernfs_file_read,
 	.write		= kernfs_file_write,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.mmap		= kernfs_file_mmap,
-	.open		= sysfs_open_file,
-	.release	= sysfs_release,
-	.poll		= sysfs_poll,
-};
-
-const struct file_operations sysfs_bin_operations = {
-	.read		= kernfs_file_read,
-	.write		= kernfs_file_write,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.mmap		= kernfs_file_mmap,
-	.open		= sysfs_open_file,
-	.release	= sysfs_release,
-	.poll		= sysfs_poll,
+	.open		= kernfs_file_open,
+	.release	= kernfs_file_release,
+	.poll		= kernfs_file_poll,
 };
 
 int sysfs_add_file_mode_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 81cc8585b32c86e3993f43cd3d57436dc0597ef3..4c463dabfc6abc52041f6b2198da385c02b85c02 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 		break;
 	case SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR:
 		inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_file_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &kernfs_file_operations;
 		break;
 	case SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR:
 		bin_attr = sd->priv;
 		inode->i_size = bin_attr->size;
-		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_bin_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &kernfs_file_operations;
 		break;
 	case SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK:
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 9ac234ef49433db3fbb22602506f22c08ca2d434..619250d2d7c12f2ad6a1965ed2cf11fa3c19263d 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ int sysfs_inode_init(void);
 /*
  * file.c
  */
-extern const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations sysfs_bin_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations kernfs_file_operations;
 
 int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
 		   const struct attribute *attr, int type);