diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 42bedc4ec7af..230d7589d15c 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ const struct file_operations vboxsf_dir_fops = {
 	.release = vboxsf_dir_release,
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 /*