diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
index 5466829c7e77..fd6cfdb917da 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ static __be32 decode_stateid(struct xdr_stream *xdr, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	__be32 *p;
 
-	p = read_buf(xdr, 16);
+	p = read_buf(xdr, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
 		return htonl(NFS4ERR_RESOURCE);
-	memcpy(stateid->data, p, 16);
+	memcpy(stateid, p, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 1c54ef3146d4..16373df96f90 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -351,12 +351,12 @@ extern struct svc_version nfs4_callback_version4;
 
 static inline void nfs4_stateid_copy(nfs4_stateid *dst, const nfs4_stateid *src)
 {
-	memcpy(dst->data, src->data, sizeof(dst->data));
+	memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(*dst));
 }
 
 static inline bool nfs4_stateid_match(const nfs4_stateid *dst, const nfs4_stateid *src)
 {
-	return memcmp(dst->data, src->data, sizeof(dst->data)) == 0;
+	return memcmp(dst, src, sizeof(*dst)) == 0;
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index ce0ad81dd466..e0e35288361c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6271,13 +6271,12 @@ static int nfs41_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 static bool nfs41_match_stateid(const nfs4_stateid *s1,
 		const nfs4_stateid *s2)
 {
-	if (memcmp(s1->stateid.other, s2->stateid.other,
-		   sizeof(s1->stateid.other)) != 0)
+	if (memcmp(s1->other, s2->other, sizeof(s1->other)) != 0)
 		return false;
 
-	if (s1->stateid.seqid == s2->stateid.seqid)
+	if (s1->seqid == s2->seqid)
 		return true;
-	if (s1->stateid.seqid == 0 || s2->stateid.seqid == 0)
+	if (s1->seqid == 0 || s2->seqid == 0)
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 55c8a81cd6fb..1dad5c53c7fa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,8 @@ restart:
 				 * Open state on this file cannot be recovered
 				 * All we can do is revert to using the zero stateid.
 				 */
-				memset(state->stateid.data, 0,
-					sizeof(state->stateid.data));
+				memset(&state->stateid, 0,
+					sizeof(state->stateid));
 				/* Mark the file as being 'closed' */
 				state->state = 0;
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 38736dca1b18..76ef98632839 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void encode_nops(struct compound_hdr *hdr)
 
 static void encode_nfs4_stateid(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
-	encode_opaque_fixed(xdr, stateid->data, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
+	encode_opaque_fixed(xdr, stateid, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
 }
 
 static void encode_nfs4_verifier(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const nfs4_verifier *verf)
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ static void encode_open_stateid(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const struct nfs_open_co
 	if (ctx->state != NULL) {
 		nfs4_select_rw_stateid(&stateid, ctx->state, l_ctx->lockowner, l_ctx->pid);
 		if (zero_seqid)
-			stateid.stateid.seqid = 0;
+			stateid.seqid = 0;
 		encode_nfs4_stateid(xdr, &stateid);
 	} else
 		encode_nfs4_stateid(xdr, &zero_stateid);
@@ -4237,7 +4237,7 @@ static int decode_opaque_fixed(struct xdr_stream *xdr, void *buf, size_t len)
 
 static int decode_stateid(struct xdr_stream *xdr, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
-	return decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, stateid->data, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
+	return decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, stateid, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE);
 }
 
 static int decode_close(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_closeres *res)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index c190e9c2e3d2..6f1c1e3d12bc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -496,12 +496,12 @@ pnfs_set_layout_stateid(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, const nfs4_stateid *new,
 {
 	u32 oldseq, newseq;
 
-	oldseq = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.stateid.seqid);
-	newseq = be32_to_cpu(new->stateid.seqid);
+	oldseq = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.seqid);
+	newseq = be32_to_cpu(new->seqid);
 	if ((int)(newseq - oldseq) > 0) {
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&lo->plh_stateid, new);
 		if (update_barrier) {
-			u32 new_barrier = be32_to_cpu(new->stateid.seqid);
+			u32 new_barrier = be32_to_cpu(new->seqid);
 
 			if ((int)(new_barrier - lo->plh_barrier))
 				lo->plh_barrier = new_barrier;
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ pnfs_layoutgets_blocked(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, nfs4_stateid *stateid,
 			int lget)
 {
 	if ((stateid) &&
-	    (int)(lo->plh_barrier - be32_to_cpu(stateid->stateid.seqid)) >= 0)
+	    (int)(lo->plh_barrier - be32_to_cpu(stateid->seqid)) >= 0)
 		return true;
 	return lo->plh_block_lgets ||
 		test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_DESTROYED, &lo->plh_flags) ||
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ bool pnfs_roc_drain(struct inode *ino, u32 *barrier)
 		}
 	if (!found) {
 		struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo = nfsi->layout;
-		u32 current_seqid = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.stateid.seqid);
+		u32 current_seqid = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.seqid);
 
 		/* Since close does not return a layout stateid for use as
 		 * a barrier, we choose the worst-case barrier.
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4.h b/include/linux/nfs4.h
index 32345c2805c0..834df8bf08b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs4.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs4.h
@@ -183,15 +183,12 @@ struct nfs4_acl {
 
 typedef struct { char data[NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE]; } nfs4_verifier;
 
-struct nfs41_stateid {
+struct nfs_stateid4 {
 	__be32 seqid;
 	char other[NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
-typedef union {
-	char data[NFS4_STATEID_SIZE];
-	struct nfs41_stateid stateid;
-} nfs4_stateid;
+typedef struct nfs_stateid4 nfs4_stateid;
 
 enum nfs_opnum4 {
 	OP_ACCESS = 3,