diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index c9f3050899812068c69c2232ef3e7369a45ab758..888674c311c511ebb6d5f410e4e26e8ca238cab0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *filp, struct page *locked_page)
 				    ceph_vino(inode), 0, &len, 0, 1,
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_CREATE,
 				    CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK | CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE,
-				    ceph_empty_snapc, 0, 0, false);
+				    NULL, 0, 0, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out;
@@ -1627,9 +1627,8 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *filp, struct page *locked_page)
 				    ceph_vino(inode), 0, &len, 1, 3,
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE,
 				    CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK | CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE,
-				    ceph_empty_snapc,
-				    ci->i_truncate_seq, ci->i_truncate_size,
-				    false);
+				    NULL, ci->i_truncate_seq,
+				    ci->i_truncate_size, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out;
@@ -1750,8 +1749,7 @@ static int __ceph_pool_perm_get(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, u32 pool)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rd_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(&fsc->client->osdc,
-					 ceph_empty_snapc,
+	rd_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(&fsc->client->osdc, NULL,
 					 1, false, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!rd_req) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1765,8 +1763,7 @@ static int __ceph_pool_perm_get(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, u32 pool)
 		 "%llx.00000000", ci->i_vino.ino);
 	rd_req->r_base_oid.name_len = strlen(rd_req->r_base_oid.name);
 
-	wr_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(&fsc->client->osdc,
-					 ceph_empty_snapc,
+	wr_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(&fsc->client->osdc, NULL,
 					 1, false, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!wr_req) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 4aa7122a8d38c18dd4fe7443fb64f46765b83280..9caaa7ffc93fe06876283367d78c3573512c7549 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ static int cmpu64_rev(const void *a, const void *b)
 }
 
 
-struct ceph_snap_context *ceph_empty_snapc;
-
 /*
  * build the snap context for a given realm.
  */
@@ -987,17 +985,3 @@ void ceph_handle_snap(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		up_write(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 	return;
 }
-
-int __init ceph_snap_init(void)
-{
-	ceph_empty_snapc = ceph_create_snap_context(0, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!ceph_empty_snapc)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	ceph_empty_snapc->seq = 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void ceph_snap_exit(void)
-{
-	ceph_put_snap_context(ceph_empty_snapc);
-}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index e82acc6f3ac344a1a158216b5d1164192626b6f0..715282a92a0782dc913961470815cc360de64e6f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -1042,19 +1042,14 @@ static int __init init_ceph(void)
 
 	ceph_flock_init();
 	ceph_xattr_init();
-	ret = ceph_snap_init();
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_xattr;
 	ret = register_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_snap;
+		goto out_xattr;
 
 	pr_info("loaded (mds proto %d)\n", CEPH_MDSC_PROTOCOL);
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_snap:
-	ceph_snap_exit();
 out_xattr:
 	ceph_xattr_exit();
 	destroy_caches();
@@ -1066,7 +1061,6 @@ static void __exit exit_ceph(void)
 {
 	dout("exit_ceph\n");
 	unregister_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
-	ceph_snap_exit();
 	ceph_xattr_exit();
 	destroy_caches();
 }
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index d4425b172bb669f251313654e75d9c7fc37d2208..57ac43d64322cc04e9222502d7553ac2d4e316a6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ static inline int default_congestion_kb(void)
 
 
 /* snap.c */
-extern struct ceph_snap_context *ceph_empty_snapc;
 struct ceph_snap_realm *ceph_lookup_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 					       u64 ino);
 extern void ceph_get_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
@@ -737,8 +736,6 @@ extern void ceph_queue_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
 extern int __ceph_finish_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 				  struct ceph_cap_snap *capsnap);
 extern void ceph_cleanup_empty_realms(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc);
-extern int ceph_snap_init(void);
-extern void ceph_snap_exit(void);
 
 /*
  * a cap_snap is "pending" if it is still awaiting an in-progress