diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
index 4cc07b2..0e01957 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@
 
 static struct address_space_operations def_btnode_aops;
 
-void nilfs_btnode_cache_init(struct address_space *btnc)
+void nilfs_btnode_cache_init(struct address_space *btnc,
+			     struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	btnc->host = NULL;  /* can safely set to host inode ? */
 	btnc->flags = 0;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(btnc, GFP_NOFS);
 	btnc->assoc_mapping = NULL;
-	btnc->backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info;
+	btnc->backing_dev_info = bdi;
 	btnc->a_ops = &def_btnode_aops;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.h b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.h
index 35faa86..3e22751 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 };
 
 void nilfs_btnode_cache_init_once(struct address_space *);
-void nilfs_btnode_cache_init(struct address_space *);
+void nilfs_btnode_cache_init(struct address_space *, struct backing_dev_info *);
 void nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(struct address_space *);
 int nilfs_btnode_submit_block(struct address_space *, __u64, sector_t,
 			      struct buffer_head **, int);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index bb78745..7b7032e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 nilfs_mdt_new_common(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb,
 		     ino_t ino, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = nilfs_alloc_inode(sb);
+	struct inode *inode = nilfs_alloc_inode_common(nilfs);
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index da6fc0b..edf6a59 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
 extern struct dentry *nilfs_get_parent(struct dentry *);
 
 /* super.c */
+extern struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode_common(struct the_nilfs *);
 extern struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *);
 extern void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_error(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 6989b03..9acf30b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 static struct kmem_cache *nilfs_inode_cachep;
 
-struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode_common(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
 {
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii;
 
@@ -144,10 +144,15 @@
 	ii->i_bh = NULL;
 	ii->i_state = 0;
 	ii->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
-	nilfs_btnode_cache_init(&ii->i_btnode_cache);
+	nilfs_btnode_cache_init(&ii->i_btnode_cache, nilfs->ns_bdi);
 	return &ii->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return nilfs_alloc_inode_common(NILFS_SB(sb)->s_nilfs);
+}
+
 void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	kmem_cache_free(nilfs_inode_cachep, NILFS_I(inode));