diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index dec7c15..428d8a1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,9 @@
 	char *string = NULL;
 	char *tmp_end, *value;
 	char delim;
+	bool got_ip = false;
+	unsigned short port = 0;
+	struct sockaddr *dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&vol->dstaddr;
 
 	separator[0] = ',';
 	separator[1] = 0;
@@ -1422,12 +1425,12 @@
 			vol->dir_mode = option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_port:
-			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
-				cERROR(1, "%s: Invalid port value",
-					__func__);
+			if (get_option_ul(args, &option) ||
+			    option > USHRT_MAX) {
+				cERROR(1, "%s: Invalid port value", __func__);
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
-			vol->port = option;
+			port = (unsigned short)option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_rsize:
 			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
@@ -1543,25 +1546,21 @@
 			vol->password[j] = '\0';
 			break;
 		case Opt_blank_ip:
-			vol->UNCip = NULL;
+			/* FIXME: should this be an error instead? */
+			got_ip = false;
 			break;
 		case Opt_ip:
 			string = match_strdup(args);
 			if (string == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
 
-			if (strnlen(string, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) >
-						INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: ip address "
-						    "too long\n");
+			if (!cifs_convert_address(dstaddr, string,
+					strlen(string))) {
+				printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS: bad ip= option (%s).\n",
+					string);
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
-			vol->UNCip = kstrdup(string, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!vol->UNCip) {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: no memory "
-						    "for UNC IP\n");
-				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
-			}
+			got_ip = true;
 			break;
 		case Opt_unc:
 			string = match_strdup(args);
@@ -1811,8 +1810,18 @@
 		goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 	}
 
-	if (vol->UNCip == NULL)
-		vol->UNCip = &vol->UNC[2];
+	if (!got_ip) {
+		/* No ip= option specified? Try to get it from UNC */
+		if (!cifs_convert_address(dstaddr, &vol->UNC[2],
+						strlen(&vol->UNC[2]))) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to determine destination "
+					"address.\n");
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* set the port that we got earlier */
+	cifs_set_port(dstaddr, port);
 
 	if (uid_specified)
 		vol->override_uid = override_uid;
@@ -2062,29 +2071,13 @@
 cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 {
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *tcp_ses = NULL;
-	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
-	struct sockaddr_in *sin_server = (struct sockaddr_in *) &addr;
-	struct sockaddr_in6 *sin_server6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &addr;
+	struct sockaddr *dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&volume_info->dstaddr;
 	int rc;
 
-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-
-	cFYI(1, "UNC: %s ip: %s", volume_info->UNC, volume_info->UNCip);
-
-	if (volume_info->UNCip && volume_info->UNC) {
-		rc = cifs_fill_sockaddr((struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-					volume_info->UNCip,
-					strlen(volume_info->UNCip),
-					volume_info->port);
-		if (!rc) {
-			/* we failed translating address */
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	}
+	cFYI(1, "UNC: %s", volume_info->UNC);
 
 	/* see if we already have a matching tcp_ses */
-	tcp_ses = cifs_find_tcp_session((struct sockaddr *)&addr, volume_info);
+	tcp_ses = cifs_find_tcp_session(dstaddr, volume_info);
 	if (tcp_ses)
 		return tcp_ses;
 
@@ -2140,15 +2133,7 @@
 	       sizeof(tcp_ses->srcaddr));
 	++tcp_ses->srv_count;
 
-	if (addr.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
-		cFYI(1, "attempting ipv6 connect");
-		/* BB should we allow ipv6 on port 139? */
-		/* other OS never observed in Wild doing 139 with v6 */
-		memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, sin_server6,
-		       sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
-	} else
-		memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, sin_server,
-		       sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+	memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, dstaddr, sizeof(tcp_ses->dstaddr));
 
 	rc = ip_connect(tcp_ses);
 	if (rc < 0) {
@@ -2708,11 +2693,9 @@
 	struct cifs_ses *ses;
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	struct tcon_link *tlink;
-	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
+	struct sockaddr *dstaddr;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
 	tlink = cifs_get_tlink(cifs_sb_master_tlink(cifs_sb));
@@ -2725,15 +2708,9 @@
 	tcp_srv = ses->server;
 
 	volume_info = mnt_data->vol;
+	dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&volume_info->dstaddr;
 
-	rc = cifs_fill_sockaddr((struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-				volume_info->UNCip,
-				strlen(volume_info->UNCip),
-				volume_info->port);
-	if (!rc)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (!match_server(tcp_srv, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, volume_info) ||
+	if (!match_server(tcp_srv, dstaddr, volume_info) ||
 	    !match_session(ses, volume_info) ||
 	    !match_tcon(tcon, volume_info->UNC)) {
 		rc = 0;
@@ -3248,8 +3225,6 @@
 {
 	kfree(volume_info->username);
 	kzfree(volume_info->password);
-	if (volume_info->UNCip != volume_info->UNC + 2)
-		kfree(volume_info->UNCip);
 	kfree(volume_info->UNC);
 	kfree(volume_info->domainname);
 	kfree(volume_info->iocharset);