diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index baee229..6ddd8a5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -302,42 +302,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* currently we only support AUTH_NONE and AUTH_SYS */
-static rpc_authflavor_t
-nfs4_ff_layout_choose_authflavor(struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror)
-{
-	if (mirror->uid == (u32)-1)
-		return RPC_AUTH_NULL;
-	return RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
-}
-
-/* fetch cred for NFSv3 DS */
-static int ff_layout_update_mirror_cred(struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror,
-				      struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds)
-{
-	if (ds->ds_clp && !mirror->cred &&
-	    mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].version == 3) {
-		struct rpc_auth *auth = ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_auth;
-		struct rpc_cred *cred;
-		struct auth_cred acred = {
-			.uid = make_kuid(&init_user_ns, mirror->uid),
-			.gid = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, mirror->gid),
-		};
-
-		/* AUTH_NULL ignores acred */
-		cred = auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, &acred, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(cred)) {
-			dprintk("%s: lookup_cred failed with %ld\n",
-				__func__, PTR_ERR(cred));
-			return PTR_ERR(cred);
-		} else {
-			if (cmpxchg(&mirror->cred, NULL, cred))
-				put_rpccred(cred);
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct rpc_cred *
 ff_layout_get_mirror_cred(struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror, u32 iomode)
 {
@@ -386,7 +350,6 @@
 	struct inode *ino = lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode;
 	struct nfs_server *s = NFS_SERVER(ino);
 	unsigned int max_payload;
-	rpc_authflavor_t flavor;
 
 	if (!ff_layout_mirror_valid(lseg, mirror)) {
 		pr_err_ratelimited("NFS: %s: No data server for offset index %d\n",
@@ -402,9 +365,7 @@
 	/* matching smp_wmb() in _nfs4_pnfs_v3/4_ds_connect */
 	smp_rmb();
 	if (ds->ds_clp)
-		goto out_update_creds;
-
-	flavor = nfs4_ff_layout_choose_authflavor(mirror);
+		goto out;
 
 	/* FIXME: For now we assume the server sent only one version of NFS
 	 * to use for the DS.
@@ -413,7 +374,7 @@
 			     dataserver_retrans,
 			     mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].version,
 			     mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].minor_version,
-			     flavor);
+			     RPC_AUTH_UNIX);
 
 	/* connect success, check rsize/wsize limit */
 	if (ds->ds_clp) {
@@ -438,11 +399,7 @@
 		} else
 			pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(ino, lseg);
 		ds = NULL;
-		goto out;
 	}
-out_update_creds:
-	if (ff_layout_update_mirror_cred(mirror, ds))
-		ds = NULL;
 out:
 	return ds;
 }