diff --git a/kmod/src/data.c b/kmod/src/data.c
index 8a1c65e0..eac86c5c 100644
--- a/kmod/src/data.c
+++ b/kmod/src/data.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,8 @@ const struct file_operations scoutfs_file_fops = {
 #else
 	.read_iter	= scoutfs_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= scoutfs_file_write_iter,
+	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
 #endif
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= scoutfs_ioctl,
 	.fsync		= scoutfs_file_fsync,