diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index caf76c7fa77c..d9c60b84949a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static void writepages_finish(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 	ceph_release_pages(req->r_pages, req->r_num_pages);
 	if (req->r_pages_from_pool)
 		mempool_free(req->r_pages,
-			     ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->wb_pagevec_pool);
+			     ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->wb_pagevec_pool);
 	else
 		kfree(req->r_pages);
 	ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index d9400534b279..51fd39da1470 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ void __ceph_remove_cap(struct ceph_cap *cap)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_session *session = cap->session;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = cap->ci;
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+		&ceph_sb_to_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
 	int removed = 0;
 
 	dout("__ceph_remove_cap %p from %p\n", cap, &ci->vfs_inode);
@@ -1298,7 +1299,8 @@ static void ceph_flush_snaps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
  */
 void __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask)
 {
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+		&ceph_sb_to_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
 	int was = ci->i_dirty_caps;
 	int dirty = 0;
@@ -1336,7 +1338,7 @@ void __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask)
 static int __mark_caps_flushing(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct ceph_mds_session *session)
 {
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	int flushing;
 
@@ -1663,7 +1665,7 @@ ack:
 static int try_flush_caps(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 			  unsigned *flush_tid)
 {
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	int unlock_session = session ? 0 : 1;
 	int flushing = 0;
@@ -1829,7 +1831,8 @@ int ceph_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			err = wait_event_interruptible(ci->i_cap_wq,
 				       caps_are_flushed(inode, flush_tid));
 	} else {
-		struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
+		struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+			&ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (__ceph_caps_dirty(ci))
@@ -2411,7 +2414,7 @@ static void handle_cap_flush_ack(struct inode *inode, u64 flush_tid,
 	__releases(inode->i_lock)
 {
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	unsigned seq = le32_to_cpu(m->seq);
 	int dirty = le32_to_cpu(m->dirty);
 	int cleaned = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 4b1a7a4bae0b..33feac75c532 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static loff_t ceph_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 struct dentry *ceph_finish_lookup(struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 				  struct dentry *dentry, int err)
 {
-	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_client(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_sb_to_client(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct inode *parent = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 
 	/* .snap dir? */
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_read_dir(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size,
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	int left;
 
-	if (!ceph_test_opt(ceph_client(inode->i_sb), DIRSTAT))
+	if (!ceph_test_opt(ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb), DIRSTAT))
 		return -EISDIR;
 
 	if (!cf->dir_info) {
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ void ceph_dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dn)
 	dout("dentry_lru_add %p %p '%.*s'\n", di, dn,
 	     dn->d_name.len, dn->d_name.name);
 	if (di) {
-		mdsc = &ceph_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
+		mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->dentry_lru_lock);
 		list_add_tail(&di->lru, &mdsc->dentry_lru);
 		mdsc->num_dentry++;
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ void ceph_dentry_lru_touch(struct dentry *dn)
 	dout("dentry_lru_touch %p %p '%.*s'\n", di, dn,
 	     dn->d_name.len, dn->d_name.name);
 	if (di) {
-		mdsc = &ceph_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
+		mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->dentry_lru_lock);
 		list_move_tail(&di->lru, &mdsc->dentry_lru);
 		spin_unlock(&mdsc->dentry_lru_lock);
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ void ceph_dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dn)
 	dout("dentry_lru_del %p %p '%.*s'\n", di, dn,
 	     dn->d_name.len, dn->d_name.name);
 	if (di) {
-		mdsc = &ceph_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
+		mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(dn->d_sb)->mdsc;
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->dentry_lru_lock);
 		list_del_init(&di->lru);
 		mdsc->num_dentry--;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index 9d67572fb328..15683905a7b6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static struct dentry *__fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 static struct dentry *__cfh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 				      struct ceph_nfs_confh *cfh)
 {
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(sb)->mdsc;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct ceph_vino vino;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 6230c3de1f06..834d2b83834a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
-	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->osdc;
+	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->osdc;
 	loff_t endoff = pos + iov->iov_len;
 	int got = 0;
 	int ret, err;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 220a2aec0545..ef917232cf37 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ void ceph_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 */
 	if (ci->i_snap_realm) {
 		struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
-			&ceph_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
+			&ceph_sb_to_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
 		struct ceph_snap_realm *realm = ci->i_snap_realm;
 
 		dout(" dropping residual ref to snap realm %p\n", realm);
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode,
 
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ceph_aops;
 	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info =
-		&ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->backing_dev_info;
+		&ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->backing_dev_info;
 
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFIFO:
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 
 		/* it may be better to set st_size in getattr instead? */
-		if (ceph_test_opt(ceph_client(inode->i_sb), RBYTES))
+		if (ceph_test_opt(ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb), RBYTES))
 			inode->i_size = ci->i_rbytes;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ void ceph_queue_vmtruncate(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 
-	if (queue_work(ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->trunc_wq,
+	if (queue_work(ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->trunc_wq,
 		       &ci->i_vmtruncate_work)) {
 		dout("ceph_queue_vmtruncate %p\n", inode);
 		igrab(inode);
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ int ceph_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	struct inode *parent_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 	const unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(dentry->d_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(dentry->d_sb)->mdsc;
 	int issued;
 	int release = 0, dirtied = 0;
 	int mask = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/ioctl.c b/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
index 8a5bcae62846..d085f07756b4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static long ceph_ioctl_get_dataloc(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	struct ceph_ioctl_dataloc dl;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
-	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->osdc;
+	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->osdc;
 	u64 len = 1, olen;
 	u64 tmp;
 	struct ceph_object_layout ol;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index d5114db70453..c0b26b6badba 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int __ceph_finish_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 			    struct ceph_cap_snap *capsnap)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
-	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 
 	BUG_ON(capsnap->writing);
 	capsnap->size = inode->i_size;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 110857ba9269..93ad169a6ae1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ static int ceph_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 static int ceph_syncfs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	dout("sync_fs %d\n", wait);
-	ceph_osdc_sync(&ceph_client(sb)->osdc);
-	ceph_mdsc_sync(&ceph_client(sb)->mdsc);
+	ceph_osdc_sync(&ceph_sb_to_client(sb)->osdc);
+	ceph_mdsc_sync(&ceph_sb_to_client(sb)->mdsc);
 	dout("sync_fs %d done\n", wait);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -932,9 +932,9 @@ static int ceph_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (ceph_client(sb) != client) {
+	if (ceph_sb_to_client(sb) != client) {
 		ceph_destroy_client(client);
-		client = ceph_client(sb);
+		client = ceph_sb_to_client(sb);
 		dout("get_sb got existing client %p\n", client);
 	} else {
 		dout("get_sb using new client %p\n", client);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index cfe3b0834d54..51b3ff238454 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ struct ceph_client {
 #endif
 };
 
-static inline struct ceph_client *ceph_client(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	return sb->s_fs_info;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * File i/o capability.  This tracks shared state with the metadata
  * server that allows us to cache or writeback attributes or to read
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index d940d14f6922..3b4c2620030a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ out:
 static int ceph_sync_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			      const char *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_client(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_sb_to_client(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct inode *parent_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ out:
 
 static int ceph_send_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
-	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_client(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_sb_to_client(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = &client->mdsc;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *parent_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;