diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 1dd96d4..47d4a01 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
 	.d_delete	= anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
 };
 
+/*
+ * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
+ * anon inodes.
+ */
+static int anon_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+	return 0;
+};
+
+static const struct address_space_operations anon_aops = {
+	.set_page_dirty = anon_set_page_dirty,
+};
+
 /**
  * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
  *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
@@ -151,6 +164,8 @@
 
 	inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
 
+	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &anon_aops;
+
 	/*
 	 * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
 	 * that way it will never be moved to the dirty