diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 7d0c3dbb2898..d5c9d886cd9f 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ static int hostfs_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,