diff --git a/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c b/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
index a5c359f4ed1..7a07b38542e 100644
--- a/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct vop_vector dead_vnodeops = {
 	.vop_rmdir =		VOP_PANIC,
 	.vop_setattr =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_symlink =		VOP_PANIC,
+	.vop_vptocnp =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_write =		dead_write,
 };