diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 8a5b05536a28..aadaa1472f69 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1029,12 +1029,6 @@ xlog_iodone(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_FSPRIVATE2(bp, unsigned long) == (unsigned long) 2);
 	XFS_BUF_SET_FSPRIVATE2(bp, (unsigned long)1);
 	aborted = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Some versions of cpp barf on the recursive definition of
-	 * ic_log -> hic_fields.ic_log and expand ic_log twice when
-	 * it is passed through two macros.  Workaround broken cpp.
-	 */
 	l = iclog->ic_log;
 
 	/*
@@ -1301,7 +1295,7 @@ xlog_alloc_log(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 		XFS_BUF_SET_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp, xlog_bdstrat_cb);
 		XFS_BUF_SET_FSPRIVATE2(bp, (unsigned long)1);
 		iclog->ic_bp = bp;
-		iclog->hic_data = bp->b_addr;
+		iclog->ic_data = bp->b_addr;
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		log->l_iclog_bak[i] = (xfs_caddr_t)&(iclog->ic_header);
 #endif
@@ -1321,7 +1315,7 @@ xlog_alloc_log(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 		atomic_set(&iclog->ic_refcnt, 0);
 		spin_lock_init(&iclog->ic_callback_lock);
 		iclog->ic_callback_tail = &(iclog->ic_callback);
-		iclog->ic_datap = (char *)iclog->hic_data + log->l_iclog_hsize;
+		iclog->ic_datap = (char *)iclog->ic_data + log->l_iclog_hsize;
 
 		ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ISBUSY(iclog->ic_bp));
 		ASSERT(XFS_BUF_VALUSEMA(iclog->ic_bp) <= 0);
@@ -3463,7 +3457,7 @@ xlog_verify_iclog(xlog_t	 *log,
 	ptr = iclog->ic_datap;
 	base_ptr = ptr;
 	ophead = (xlog_op_header_t *)ptr;
-	xhdr = (xlog_in_core_2_t *)&iclog->ic_header;
+	xhdr = iclog->ic_data;
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 		ophead = (xlog_op_header_t *)ptr;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index b39a1980e82d..654167be0efb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -310,6 +310,16 @@ typedef struct xlog_rec_ext_header {
 } xlog_rec_ext_header_t;
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+/*
+ * Quite misnamed, because this union lays out the actual on-disk log buffer.
+ */
+typedef union xlog_in_core2 {
+	xlog_rec_header_t	hic_header;
+	xlog_rec_ext_header_t	hic_xheader;
+	char			hic_sector[XLOG_HEADER_SIZE];
+} xlog_in_core_2_t;
+
 /*
  * - A log record header is 512 bytes.  There is plenty of room to grow the
  *	xlog_rec_header_t into the reserved space.
@@ -339,7 +349,7 @@ typedef struct xlog_rec_ext_header {
  * We'll put all the read-only and l_icloglock fields in the first cacheline,
  * and move everything else out to subsequent cachelines.
  */
-typedef struct xlog_iclog_fields {
+typedef struct xlog_in_core {
 	sv_t			ic_force_wait;
 	sv_t			ic_write_wait;
 	struct xlog_in_core	*ic_next;
@@ -362,40 +372,10 @@ typedef struct xlog_iclog_fields {
 
 	/* reference counts need their own cacheline */
 	atomic_t		ic_refcnt ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-} xlog_iclog_fields_t;
-
-typedef union xlog_in_core2 {
-	xlog_rec_header_t	hic_header;
-	xlog_rec_ext_header_t	hic_xheader;
-	char			hic_sector[XLOG_HEADER_SIZE];
-} xlog_in_core_2_t;
-
-typedef struct xlog_in_core {
-	xlog_iclog_fields_t	hic_fields;
-	xlog_in_core_2_t	*hic_data;
+	xlog_in_core_2_t	*ic_data;
+#define ic_header	ic_data->hic_header
 } xlog_in_core_t;
 
-/*
- * Defines to save our code from this glop.
- */
-#define	ic_force_wait	hic_fields.ic_force_wait
-#define ic_write_wait	hic_fields.ic_write_wait
-#define	ic_next		hic_fields.ic_next
-#define	ic_prev		hic_fields.ic_prev
-#define	ic_bp		hic_fields.ic_bp
-#define	ic_log		hic_fields.ic_log
-#define	ic_callback	hic_fields.ic_callback
-#define	ic_callback_lock hic_fields.ic_callback_lock
-#define	ic_callback_tail hic_fields.ic_callback_tail
-#define	ic_trace	hic_fields.ic_trace
-#define	ic_size		hic_fields.ic_size
-#define	ic_offset	hic_fields.ic_offset
-#define	ic_refcnt	hic_fields.ic_refcnt
-#define	ic_bwritecnt	hic_fields.ic_bwritecnt
-#define	ic_state	hic_fields.ic_state
-#define ic_datap	hic_fields.ic_datap
-#define ic_header	hic_data->hic_header
-
 /*
  * The reservation head lsn is not made up of a cycle number and block number.
  * Instead, it uses a cycle number and byte number.  Logs don't expect to
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index d94987915d5e..9abb96a7674d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -3332,7 +3332,6 @@ xlog_pack_data(
 	int			size = iclog->ic_offset + roundoff;
 	__be32			cycle_lsn;
 	xfs_caddr_t		dp;
-	xlog_in_core_2_t	*xhdr;
 
 	xlog_pack_data_checksum(log, iclog, size);
 
@@ -3347,7 +3346,8 @@ xlog_pack_data(
 	}
 
 	if (xfs_sb_version_haslogv2(&log->l_mp->m_sb)) {
-		xhdr = (xlog_in_core_2_t *)&iclog->ic_header;
+		xlog_in_core_2_t *xhdr = iclog->ic_data;
+
 		for ( ; i < BTOBB(size); i++) {
 			j = i / (XLOG_HEADER_CYCLE_SIZE / BBSIZE);
 			k = i % (XLOG_HEADER_CYCLE_SIZE / BBSIZE);
@@ -3405,7 +3405,6 @@ xlog_unpack_data(
 	xlog_t			*log)
 {
 	int			i, j, k;
-	xlog_in_core_2_t	*xhdr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BTOBB(be32_to_cpu(rhead->h_len)) &&
 		  i < (XLOG_HEADER_CYCLE_SIZE / BBSIZE); i++) {
@@ -3414,7 +3413,7 @@ xlog_unpack_data(
 	}
 
 	if (xfs_sb_version_haslogv2(&log->l_mp->m_sb)) {
-		xhdr = (xlog_in_core_2_t *)rhead;
+		xlog_in_core_2_t *xhdr = (xlog_in_core_2_t *)rhead;
 		for ( ; i < BTOBB(be32_to_cpu(rhead->h_len)); i++) {
 			j = i / (XLOG_HEADER_CYCLE_SIZE / BBSIZE);
 			k = i % (XLOG_HEADER_CYCLE_SIZE / BBSIZE);