diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index c3740f5ab978360f42e125a4598e9aec86753f12..8b5f9b9685ddf1cb1e67f1c0fa16114dd2b2bfa6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ static struct nfs_client *__nfs_find_client(const struct sockaddr_in *addr, int
 		if (clp->cl_nfsversion != nfsversion)
 			continue;
 
-		if (memcmp(&clp->cl_addr.sin_addr, &addr->sin_addr,
-			   sizeof(clp->cl_addr.sin_addr)) != 0)
+		if (clp->cl_addr.sin_addr.s_addr != addr->sin_addr.s_addr)
 			continue;
 
 		if (!match_port || clp->cl_addr.sin_port == addr->sin_port)