diff --git a/example/loopback/main.go b/example/loopback/main.go
index 612110a08..76feb890f 100644
--- a/example/loopback/main.go
+++ b/example/loopback/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
@@ -92,24 +91,16 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("NewLoopbackRoot(%s): %v\n", orig, err)
 	}
 
-	sec := time.Second
-	opts := &fs.Options{
-		// The timeout options are to be compatible with libfuse defaults,
-		// making benchmarking easier.
-		AttrTimeout:  &sec,
-		EntryTimeout: &sec,
-
-		NullPermissions: true, // Leave file permissions on "000" files as-is
-
-		MountOptions: fuse.MountOptions{
-			AllowOther:        *other,
-			Debug:             *debug,
-			DirectMount:       *directmount,
-			DirectMountStrict: *directmountstrict,
-			IDMappedMount:     *idmap,
-			FsName:            orig,       // First column in "df -T": original dir
-			Name:              "loopback", // Second column in "df -T" will be shown as "fuse." + Name
-		},
+	opts := fs.DefaultOptions()
+	opts.NullPermissions = true // Leave file permissions on "000" files as-is
+	opts.MountOptions = fuse.MountOptions{
+		AllowOther:        *other,
+		Debug:             *debug,
+		DirectMount:       *directmount,
+		DirectMountStrict: *directmountstrict,
+		IDMappedMount:     *idmap,
+		FsName:            orig,       // First column in "df -T": original dir
+		Name:              "loopback", // Second column in "df -T" will be shown as "fuse." + Name
 	}
 	if opts.AllowOther {
 		// Make the kernel check file permissions for us
diff --git a/example/multizip/main.go b/example/multizip/main.go
index f3797dd61..bf223211b 100644
--- a/example/multizip/main.go
+++ b/example/multizip/main.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/zipfs"
@@ -30,13 +29,9 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	root := &zipfs.MultiZipFs{}
-	sec := time.Second
-	opts := fs.Options{
-		EntryTimeout: &sec,
-		AttrTimeout:  &sec,
-	}
+	opts := fs.DefaultOptions()
 	opts.Debug = *debug
-	server, err := fs.Mount(flag.Arg(0), root, &opts)
+	server, err := fs.Mount(flag.Arg(0), root, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Mount fail: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/example/winfs/main.go b/example/winfs/main.go
index 5be330f02..03a314a69 100644
--- a/example/winfs/main.go
+++ b/example/winfs/main.go
@@ -142,11 +142,7 @@ func main() {
 		Path:    orig,
 	}
 
-	sec := time.Second
-	opts := &fs.Options{
-		AttrTimeout:  &sec,
-		EntryTimeout: &sec,
-	}
+	opts := fs.DefaultOptions()
 	opts.Debug = *debug
 	opts.MountOptions.Options = append(opts.MountOptions.Options, "fsname="+orig)
 	opts.MountOptions.Name = "winfs"
diff --git a/fs/bridge.go b/fs/bridge.go
index fa5343cba..7edf9e868 100644
--- a/fs/bridge.go
+++ b/fs/bridge.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/internal"
@@ -286,24 +285,22 @@ func (b *rawBridge) setAttrTimeout(out *fuse.AttrOut) {
 
 // NewNodeFS creates a node based filesystem based on the
 // InodeEmbedder instance for the root of the tree.
+// If nil is given as opts, default settings are
+// applied, which are 1 second entry and attribute timeout.
 func NewNodeFS(root InodeEmbedder, opts *Options) fuse.RawFileSystem {
+	if opts == nil {
+		opts = DefaultOptions()
+	}
 	bridge := &rawBridge{
 		automaticIno: opts.FirstAutomaticIno,
 		server:       opts.ServerCallbacks,
 		nextNodeId:   2, // the root node has nodeid 1
 		stableAttrs:  make(map[StableAttr]*Inode),
+		options:      *opts,
 	}
 
 	if bridge.automaticIno == 0 {
-		bridge.automaticIno = 1 << 63
-	}
-
-	if opts != nil {
-		bridge.options = *opts
-	} else {
-		oneSec := time.Second
-		bridge.options.EntryTimeout = &oneSec
-		bridge.options.AttrTimeout = &oneSec
+		bridge.automaticIno = DefaultOptions().FirstAutomaticIno
 	}
 
 	stableAttr := StableAttr{
diff --git a/fs/bridge_test.go b/fs/bridge_test.go
index 4ee6a500c..6004f1bb5 100644
--- a/fs/bridge_test.go
+++ b/fs/bridge_test.go
@@ -279,3 +279,8 @@ func TestNegativeLookupCache(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// NewNodeFS should not crash with opts=nil
+func TestNewNodeFSNilOpts(t *testing.T) {
+	NewNodeFS(&Inode{}, nil)
+}
diff --git a/fs/default.go b/fs/default.go
index e2f7a67c2..897a9b598 100644
--- a/fs/default.go
+++ b/fs/default.go
@@ -3,3 +3,22 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package fs
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// DefaultOptions returns the default Options that are used when
+// nil is passed for *Options.
+//
+// When you do want to set something in Options, get the defaults
+// from this function and adjust as required.
+func DefaultOptions() *Options {
+	oneSec := time.Second
+	return &Options{
+		// libfuse also uses one second per default
+		EntryTimeout:      &oneSec,
+		AttrTimeout:       &oneSec,
+		FirstAutomaticIno: 1 << 63,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/dir_test.go b/fs/dir_test.go
index 4144a4832..666a04b03 100644
--- a/fs/dir_test.go
+++ b/fs/dir_test.go
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ func (n *syncNode) OpendirHandle(ctx context.Context, flags uint32) (FileHandle,
 
 func TestFsyncDir(t *testing.T) {
 	root := &syncNode{}
-	opts := Options{}
-	mnt, _ := testMount(t, root, &opts)
+	mnt, _ := testMount(t, root, nil)
 
 	fd, err := syscall.Open(mnt, syscall.O_DIRECTORY, 0)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/fs/interrupt_test.go b/fs/interrupt_test.go
index 3d7ae99a8..77994f708 100644
--- a/fs/interrupt_test.go
+++ b/fs/interrupt_test.go
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ func (o *interruptOps) Open(ctx context.Context, flags uint32) (FileHandle, uint
 func TestInterrupt(t *testing.T) {
 	root := &interruptRoot{}
 
-	oneSec := time.Second
-	mntDir, server := testMount(t, root, &Options{
-		EntryTimeout: &oneSec,
-		AttrTimeout:  &oneSec,
-	})
+	mntDir, server := testMount(t, root, DefaultOptions())
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("cat", mntDir+"/file")
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
diff --git a/fs/loopback_linux_test.go b/fs/loopback_linux_test.go
index 84ec4b221..faa36e308 100644
--- a/fs/loopback_linux_test.go
+++ b/fs/loopback_linux_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
@@ -287,11 +286,7 @@ func TestParallelDiropsHang(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("NewLoopbackRoot(%s): %v\n", orig, err)
 	}
-	sec := time.Second
-	opts := &Options{
-		AttrTimeout:  &sec,
-		EntryTimeout: &sec,
-	}
+	opts := DefaultOptions()
 	opts.Debug = testutil.VerboseTest()
 
 	rawFS := NewNodeFS(loopbackRoot, opts)
diff --git a/fs/mount.go b/fs/mount.go
index 187d6e28a..2a84b3bd5 100644
--- a/fs/mount.go
+++ b/fs/mount.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 package fs
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
 )
 
@@ -15,16 +13,12 @@ import (
 // fuse.NewServer.  If nil is given as options, default settings are
 // applied, which are 1 second entry and attribute timeout.
 func Mount(dir string, root InodeEmbedder, options *Options) (*fuse.Server, error) {
-	if options == nil {
-		oneSec := time.Second
-		options = &Options{
-			EntryTimeout: &oneSec,
-			AttrTimeout:  &oneSec,
-		}
-	}
-
 	rawFS := NewNodeFS(root, options)
-	server, err := fuse.NewServer(rawFS, dir, &options.MountOptions)
+	var mountOptions *fuse.MountOptions
+	if options != nil {
+		mountOptions = &options.MountOptions
+	}
+	server, err := fuse.NewServer(rawFS, dir, mountOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/fs/windows_example_test.go b/fs/windows_example_test.go
index cb076c966..7c51c4872 100644
--- a/fs/windows_example_test.go
+++ b/fs/windows_example_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
@@ -107,11 +106,7 @@ func Example_loopbackReuse() {
 		Path: origDir,
 	}
 
-	sec := time.Second
-	opts := &fs.Options{
-		AttrTimeout:  &sec,
-		EntryTimeout: &sec,
-	}
+	opts := fs.DefaultOptions()
 
 	root := &WindowsNode{
 		LoopbackNode: &fs.LoopbackNode{