diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
index bf85843..f380b2c 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #define	DNS_ERRORNO_OPTION	"dnserror"
 
 /*
- * Instantiate a user defined key for dns_resolver.
+ * Preparse instantiation data for a dns_resolver key.
  *
  * The data must be a NUL-terminated string, with the NUL char accounted in
  * datalen.
@@ -58,17 +58,15 @@
  *        "ip1,ip2,...#foo=bar"
  */
 static int
-dns_resolver_instantiate(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
+dns_resolver_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
 {
 	struct user_key_payload *upayload;
 	unsigned long derrno;
 	int ret;
-	size_t datalen = prep->datalen, result_len = 0;
+	int datalen = prep->datalen, result_len = 0;
 	const char *data = prep->data, *end, *opt;
 
-	kenter("%%%d,%s,'%*.*s',%zu",
-	       key->serial, key->description,
-	       (int)datalen, (int)datalen, data, datalen);
+	kenter("'%*.*s',%u", datalen, datalen, data, datalen);
 
 	if (datalen <= 1 || !data || data[datalen - 1] != '\0')
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -95,8 +93,7 @@
 			opt_len = next_opt - opt;
 			if (!opt_len) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING
-				       "Empty option to dns_resolver key %d\n",
-				       key->serial);
+				       "Empty option to dns_resolver key\n");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
@@ -125,30 +122,28 @@
 					goto bad_option_value;
 
 				kdebug("dns error no. = %lu", derrno);
-				key->type_data.x[0] = -derrno;
+				prep->type_data[0] = ERR_PTR(-derrno);
 				continue;
 			}
 
 		bad_option_value:
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
-			       "Option '%*.*s' to dns_resolver key %d:"
+			       "Option '%*.*s' to dns_resolver key:"
 			       " bad/missing value\n",
-			       opt_nlen, opt_nlen, opt, key->serial);
+			       opt_nlen, opt_nlen, opt);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		} while (opt = next_opt + 1, opt < end);
 	}
 
 	/* don't cache the result if we're caching an error saying there's no
 	 * result */
-	if (key->type_data.x[0]) {
-		kleave(" = 0 [h_error %ld]", key->type_data.x[0]);
+	if (prep->type_data[0]) {
+		kleave(" = 0 [h_error %ld]", PTR_ERR(prep->type_data[0]));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	kdebug("store result");
-	ret = key_payload_reserve(key, result_len);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	prep->quotalen = result_len;
 
 	upayload = kmalloc(sizeof(*upayload) + result_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!upayload) {
@@ -159,13 +154,23 @@
 	upayload->datalen = result_len;
 	memcpy(upayload->data, data, result_len);
 	upayload->data[result_len] = '\0';
-	rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, upayload);
 
+	prep->payload[0] = upayload;
 	kleave(" = 0");
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
+ * Clean up the preparse data
+ */
+static void dns_resolver_free_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
+{
+	pr_devel("==>%s()\n", __func__);
+
+	kfree(prep->payload[0]);
+}
+
+/*
  * The description is of the form "[<type>:]<domain_name>"
  *
  * The domain name may be a simple name or an absolute domain name (which
@@ -234,7 +239,9 @@
 
 struct key_type key_type_dns_resolver = {
 	.name		= "dns_resolver",
-	.instantiate	= dns_resolver_instantiate,
+	.preparse	= dns_resolver_preparse,
+	.free_preparse	= dns_resolver_free_preparse,
+	.instantiate	= generic_key_instantiate,
 	.match		= dns_resolver_match,
 	.revoke		= user_revoke,
 	.destroy	= user_destroy,