diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8ea4a4180a8739f4a80baa2548d9ee004cfbd32e..f0a384e2ae633a1dc2de619d102d5935ff32a273 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -395,13 +395,9 @@ int xdr_decode(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct nfs_entry *entry, struct x
 static
 int nfs_same_file(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_entry *entry)
 {
-	struct nfs_inode *node;
 	if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
 		goto different;
-	node = NFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
-	if (node->fh.size != entry->fh->size)
-		goto different;
-	if (strncmp(node->fh.data, entry->fh->data, node->fh.size) != 0)
+	if (nfs_compare_fh(entry->fh, NFS_FH(dentry->d_inode)) != 0)
 		goto different;
 	return 1;
 different: