diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
index 501ad7be5174..54a3fa0cf67e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void nilfs_init_btnc_inode(struct inode *btnc_inode)
 	ii->i_flags = 0;
 	memset(&ii->i_bmap_data, 0, sizeof(struct nilfs_bmap));
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(btnc_inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
+	btnc_inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &nilfs_buffer_cache_aops;
 }
 
 void nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(struct address_space *btnc)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index ace22253fed0..2dbb15767df1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int nilfs_init_gcinode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
-	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
+	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &nilfs_buffer_cache_aops;
 
 	ii->i_flags = 0;
 	nilfs_bmap_init_gc(ii->i_bmap);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index b7d4105f37bf..23f3a75edd50 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ const struct address_space_operations nilfs_aops = {
 	.is_partially_uptodate  = block_is_partially_uptodate,
 };
 
+const struct address_space_operations nilfs_buffer_cache_aops = {
+	.invalidate_folio	= block_invalidate_folio,
+};
+
 static int nilfs_insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct nilfs_root *root,
 				     unsigned long ino)
@@ -681,6 +685,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_iget_for_shadow(struct inode *inode)
 	NILFS_I(s_inode)->i_flags = 0;
 	memset(NILFS_I(s_inode)->i_bmap, 0, sizeof(struct nilfs_bmap));
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(s_inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
+	s_inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &nilfs_buffer_cache_aops;
 
 	err = nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache(s_inode);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 45d03826eaf1..dff241c53fc5 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations nilfs_dir_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nilfs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations nilfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations nilfs_aops;
+extern const struct address_space_operations nilfs_buffer_cache_aops;
 extern const struct inode_operations nilfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nilfs_special_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nilfs_symlink_inode_operations;