diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index a86acd6..a0693f3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1345,10 +1345,6 @@
 
 static struct nfs_open_context *nameidata_to_nfs_open_context(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct path path = {
-		.mnt = nd->path.mnt,
-		.dentry = dentry,
-	};
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 	fmode_t fmode = nd->intent.open.flags & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXEC);
@@ -1356,7 +1352,7 @@
 	cred = rpc_lookup_cred();
 	if (IS_ERR(cred))
 		return ERR_CAST(cred);
-	ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(&path, cred, fmode);
+	ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(dentry, cred, fmode);
 	put_rpccred(cred);
 	if (ctx == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1376,13 +1372,13 @@
 
 	/* If the open_intent is for execute, we have an extra check to make */
 	if (ctx->mode & FMODE_EXEC) {
-		ret = nfs_may_open(ctx->path.dentry->d_inode,
+		ret = nfs_may_open(ctx->dentry->d_inode,
 				ctx->cred,
 				nd->intent.open.flags);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, ctx->path.dentry, do_open);
+	filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, ctx->dentry, do_open);
 	if (IS_ERR(filp))
 		ret = PTR_ERR(filp);
 	else
@@ -1463,8 +1459,8 @@
 	res = d_add_unique(dentry, inode);
 	nfs_unblock_sillyrename(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (res != NULL) {
-		dput(ctx->path.dentry);
-		ctx->path.dentry = dget(res);
+		dput(ctx->dentry);
+		ctx->dentry = dget(res);
 		dentry = res;
 	}
 	err = nfs_intent_set_file(nd, ctx);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 8eea253..b35d25b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 						loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = dreq->ctx;
-	struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
 	unsigned long user_addr = (unsigned long)iov->iov_base;
 	size_t count = iov->iov_len;
 	size_t rsize = NFS_SERVER(inode)->rsize;
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
 						 loff_t pos, int sync)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = dreq->ctx;
-	struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
 	unsigned long user_addr = (unsigned long)iov->iov_base;
 	size_t count = iov->iov_len;
 	struct rpc_task *task;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6f4850d..fe12037 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
 struct nfs_lock_context *nfs_get_lock_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct nfs_lock_context *res, *new = NULL;
-	struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	res = __nfs_find_lock_context(ctx);
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
 void nfs_put_lock_context(struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = l_ctx->open_context;
-	struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&l_ctx->count, &inode->i_lock))
 		return;
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 		return;
 	if (!is_sync)
 		return;
-	inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
 	if (!list_empty(&NFS_I(inode)->open_files))
 		return;
 	server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
@@ -629,14 +629,14 @@
 	nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 }
 
-struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct path *path, struct rpc_cred *cred, fmode_t f_mode)
+struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred, fmode_t f_mode)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
 
 	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ctx != NULL) {
-		ctx->path = *path;
-		path_get(&ctx->path);
+		nfs_sb_active(dentry->d_sb);
+		ctx->dentry = dget(dentry);
 		ctx->cred = get_rpccred(cred);
 		ctx->state = NULL;
 		ctx->mode = f_mode;
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@
 
 static void __put_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, int is_sync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = ctx->dentry->d_inode;
+	struct super_block *sb = ctx->dentry->d_sb;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&ctx->list)) {
 		if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&ctx->lock_context.count, &inode->i_lock))
@@ -671,7 +672,8 @@
 		NFS_PROTO(inode)->close_context(ctx, is_sync);
 	if (ctx->cred != NULL)
 		put_rpccred(ctx->cred);
-	path_put(&ctx->path);
+	dput(ctx->dentry);
+	nfs_sb_deactive(sb);
 	kfree(ctx);
 }
 
@@ -741,7 +743,7 @@
 	cred = rpc_lookup_cred();
 	if (IS_ERR(cred))
 		return PTR_ERR(cred);
-	ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(&filp->f_path, cred, filp->f_mode);
+	ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(filp->f_path.dentry, cred, filp->f_mode);
 	put_rpccred(cred);
 	if (ctx == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index aef22fa..26bece8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
 {
 	struct nfs4_opendata *opendata;
 
-	opendata = nfs4_opendata_alloc(ctx->path.dentry, state->owner, 0, 0, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
+	opendata = nfs4_opendata_alloc(ctx->dentry, state->owner, 0, 0, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (opendata == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	opendata->state = state;
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(opendata);
 	ret = nfs4_open_recover(opendata, state);
 	if (ret == -ESTALE)
-		d_drop(ctx->path.dentry);
+		d_drop(ctx->dentry);
 	nfs4_opendata_put(opendata);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@
 	struct nfs4_state *state;
 
 	/* Protect against concurrent sillydeletes */
-	state = nfs4_do_open(dir, ctx->path.dentry, ctx->mode, open_flags, attr, ctx->cred);
+	state = nfs4_do_open(dir, ctx->dentry, ctx->mode, open_flags, attr, ctx->cred);
 	if (IS_ERR(state))
 		return ERR_CAST(state);
 	ctx->state = state;
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@
 
 	if (ctx != NULL) {
 		cred = ctx->cred;
-		de = ctx->path.dentry;
+		de = ctx->dentry;
 		fmode = ctx->mode;
 	}
 	sattr->ia_mode &= ~current_umask();
@@ -4292,7 +4292,7 @@
 		memcpy(data->lsp->ls_stateid.data, data->res.stateid.data,
 					sizeof(data->lsp->ls_stateid.data));
 		data->lsp->ls_flags |= NFS_LOCK_INITIALIZED;
-		renew_lease(NFS_SERVER(data->ctx->path.dentry->d_inode), data->timestamp);
+		renew_lease(NFS_SERVER(data->ctx->dentry->d_inode), data->timestamp);
 	}
 out:
 	dprintk("%s: done, ret = %d!\n", __func__, data->rpc_status);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 0098557..18449f4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 	if (!nfs_lock_request_dontget(req))
 		return 0;
 	if (test_bit(PG_MAPPED, &req->wb_flags))
-		radix_tree_tag_set(&NFS_I(req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode)->nfs_page_tree, req->wb_index, NFS_PAGE_TAG_LOCKED);
+		radix_tree_tag_set(&NFS_I(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode)->nfs_page_tree, req->wb_index, NFS_PAGE_TAG_LOCKED);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 void nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 	if (test_bit(PG_MAPPED, &req->wb_flags)) {
-		struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 		struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 20a7f95..a68679f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 static void nfs_readpage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	struct inode *d_inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *d_inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	if (PageUptodate(req->wb_page))
 		nfs_readpage_to_fscache(d_inode, req->wb_page, 0);
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
 	unlock_page(req->wb_page);
 
 	dprintk("NFS: read done (%s/%Ld %d@%Ld)\n",
-			req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode),
+			req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
+			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode),
 			req->wb_bytes,
 			(long long)req_offset(req));
 	nfs_release_request(req);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 		unsigned int count, unsigned int offset,
 		struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	data->req	  = req;
 	data->inode	  = inode;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 7271680..0857931 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
  */
 static void nfs_inode_remove_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 	BUG_ON (!NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req));
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 static void
 nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req, struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -852,13 +852,13 @@
 		struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 		int how)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	/* Set up the RPC argument and reply structs
 	 * NB: take care not to mess about with data->commit et al. */
 
 	data->req = req;
-	data->inode = inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	data->inode = inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 	data->cred = req->wb_context->cred;
 	data->lseg = get_lseg(lseg);
 
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@
 
 	dprintk("NFS: %5u write(%s/%lld %d@%lld)",
 		task->tk_pid,
-		data->req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
+		data->req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
 		(long long)
-		  NFS_FILEID(data->req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode),
+		  NFS_FILEID(data->req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode),
 		data->req->wb_bytes, (long long)req_offset(data->req));
 
 	nfs_writeback_done(task, data);
@@ -1148,8 +1148,8 @@
 
 		dprintk("NFS: %5u write (%s/%lld %d@%lld)",
 			data->task.tk_pid,
-			req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode),
+			req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
+			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode),
 			req->wb_bytes,
 			(long long)req_offset(req));
 
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
 			    struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *first = nfs_list_entry(head->next);
-	struct inode *inode = first->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = first->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
 
 	/* Set up the RPC argument and reply structs
 	 * NB: take care not to mess about with data->commit et al. */
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@
 		nfs_clear_request_commit(req);
 
 		dprintk("NFS:       commit (%s/%lld %d@%lld)",
-			req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode),
+			req->wb_context->dentry->d_sb->s_id,
+			(long long)NFS_FILEID(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode),
 			req->wb_bytes,
 			(long long)req_offset(req));
 		if (status < 0) {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 86014811..8b579be 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 struct nfs4_state;
 struct nfs_open_context {
 	struct nfs_lock_context lock_context;
-	struct path path;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 	struct nfs4_state *state;
 	fmode_t mode;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 extern struct nfs_open_context *get_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 extern void put_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 extern struct nfs_open_context *nfs_find_open_context(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, fmode_t mode);
-extern struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct path *path, struct rpc_cred *cred, fmode_t f_mode);
+extern struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred, fmode_t f_mode);
 extern void nfs_file_set_open_context(struct file *filp, struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 extern struct nfs_lock_context *nfs_get_lock_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 extern void nfs_put_lock_context(struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx);