diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index e0d34e4e9076..af7f72abbb76 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
 	.iterate_shared = v9fs_dir_readdir,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl = {
@@ -251,4 +252,5 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl = {
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
 	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 86d7aa594ea9..804588524cd5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -2214,6 +2214,7 @@ const struct file_operations ceph_dir_fops = {
 	.fsync = ceph_fsync,
 	.lock = ceph_lock,
 	.flock = ceph_flock,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ceph_snapdir_fops = {
@@ -2221,6 +2222,7 @@ const struct file_operations ceph_snapdir_fops = {
 	.llseek = ceph_dir_llseek,
 	.open = ceph_open,
 	.release = ceph_release,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ceph_dir_iops = {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index b2d23c98c996..86376f0dbf3a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,7 @@ const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops = {
 	.lock		= gfs2_lock,
 	.flock		= gfs2_flock,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
+	.setlease	= simple_nosetlease,
 	.fop_flags	= FOP_ASYNC_LOCK,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 23a78a742b61..71df279febf7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
 	.open		= nfs_opendir,
 	.release	= nfs_closedir,
 	.fsync		= nfs_fsync_dir,
+	.setlease	= simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct address_space_operations nfs_dir_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 7317f26892c5..7f43e890d356 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ void nfs42_ssc_unregister_ops(void)
 static int nfs4_setlease(struct file *file, int arg, struct file_lease **lease,
 			 void **priv)
 {
-	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
-		return -EINVAL;
 	return nfs4_proc_setlease(file, arg, lease, priv);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
index d9664634144d..a3dc7cb1ab54 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
@@ -1149,9 +1149,6 @@ cifs_setlease(struct file *file, int arg, struct file_lease **lease, void **priv
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = file->private_data;
 
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* Check if file is oplocked if this is request for new lease */
 	if (arg == F_UNLCK ||
 	    ((arg == F_RDLCK) && CIFS_CACHE_READ(CIFS_I(inode))) ||
@@ -1712,6 +1709,7 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
 	.remap_file_range = cifs_remap_file_range,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 	.fsync = cifs_dir_fsync,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 static void
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,
 };
 
 /*