diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lvfs_linux.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lvfs_linux.h
index 0dea1789321d1b784471a1641d2e888442441c58..cf6d5807af61bfb35008d917daac6c47728c33f0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lvfs_linux.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lvfs_linux.h
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@
 #include "../lvfs.h"
 
 #define l_file file
-#define l_dentry dentry
 
 #define l_filp_open filp_open
 
 struct lvfs_run_ctxt;
-struct l_file *l_dentry_open(struct lvfs_run_ctxt *, struct l_dentry *,
+struct l_file *l_dentry_open(struct lvfs_run_ctxt *, struct dentry *,
 			     int flags);
 
 struct l_linux_dirent {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lvfs/lvfs_linux.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lvfs/lvfs_linux.c
index a519a5ca69ba3d612a12b0b137446ea234e06c5e..2decf7ddc6c866d99933b25de3194dacaa0e5fb2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lvfs/lvfs_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lvfs/lvfs_linux.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int lustre_rename(struct dentry *dir, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_rename);
 
 /* Note: dput(dchild) will *not* be called if there is an error */
-struct l_file *l_dentry_open(struct lvfs_run_ctxt *ctxt, struct l_dentry *de,
+struct l_file *l_dentry_open(struct lvfs_run_ctxt *ctxt, struct dentry *de,
 			     int flags)
 {
 	struct path path = {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_lvfs.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_lvfs.c
index 85d64bec16576c1bd85918724c00568a99d36066..c707cd88eb45b07fb90c4ea97d35b432add16dec 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_lvfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_lvfs.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int llog_lvfs_open(const struct lu_env *env,  struct llog_handle *handle,
 			  enum llog_open_param open_param)
 {
 	struct llog_ctxt	*ctxt = handle->lgh_ctxt;
-	struct l_dentry		*dchild = NULL;
+	struct dentry		*dchild = NULL;
 	struct obd_device	*obd;
 	int			 rc = 0;
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static int llog_lvfs_create(const struct lu_env *env,
 {
 	struct llog_ctxt	*ctxt = handle->lgh_ctxt;
 	struct obd_device	*obd;
-	struct l_dentry		*dchild = NULL;
+	struct dentry		*dchild = NULL;
 	struct file		*file;
 	struct obdo		*oa = NULL;
 	int			 rc = 0;