diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 3c37b160dcad22c6db5dc469f52ff0b2b2f68f00..a337106d687523e59ce39d21feeb70a1c1ef7e0a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ static __be32 nfsd_set_fh_dentry(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp)
 		data_left -= len;
 		if (data_left < 0)
 			return error;
-		exp = rqst_exp_find(rqstp, fh->fh_fsid_type, fh->fh_auth);
-		fid = (struct fid *)(fh->fh_auth + len);
+		exp = rqst_exp_find(rqstp, fh->fh_fsid_type, fh->fh_fsid);
+		fid = (struct fid *)(fh->fh_fsid + len);
 	} else {
 		__u32 tfh[2];
 		dev_t xdev;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void _fh_update(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp,
 {
 	if (dentry != exp->ex_path.dentry) {
 		struct fid *fid = (struct fid *)
-			(fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth + fhp->fh_handle.fh_size/4 - 1);
+			(fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid + fhp->fh_handle.fh_size/4 - 1);
 		int maxsize = (fhp->fh_maxsize - fhp->fh_handle.fh_size)/4;
 		int subtreecheck = !(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOSUBTREECHECK);
 
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ fh_compose(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 */
 
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	__u32 *datap;
 	dev_t ex_dev = exp_sb(exp)->s_dev;
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: fh_compose(exp %02x:%02x/%ld %pd2, ino=%ld)\n",
@@ -557,17 +556,16 @@ fh_compose(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (inode)
 			_fh_update_old(dentry, exp, &fhp->fh_handle);
 	} else {
-		int len;
+		fhp->fh_handle.fh_size =
+			key_len(fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type) + 4;
 		fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth_type = 0;
-		datap = fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth+0;
-		mk_fsid(fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type, datap, ex_dev,
+
+		mk_fsid(fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type,
+			fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid,
+			ex_dev,
 			exp->ex_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
 			exp->ex_fsid, exp->ex_uuid);
 
-		len = key_len(fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type);
-		datap += len/4;
-		fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = 4 + len;
-
 		if (inode)
 			_fh_update(fhp, exp, dentry);
 		if (fhp->fh_handle.fh_fileid_type == FILEID_INVALID) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h b/include/uapi/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
index 616e3b396476838115eadb2b196dd206cec2a3be..20391235d088913e239e974d1c21ce22d73e4fc7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
- *
  * This file describes the layout of the file handles as passed
  * over the wire.
  *
- * Earlier versions of knfsd used to sign file handles using keyed MD5
- * or SHA. I've removed this code, because it doesn't give you more
- * security than blocking external access to port 2049 on your firewall.
- *
  * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
  */
 
@@ -37,7 +31,7 @@ struct nfs_fhbase_old {
 };
 
 /*
- * This is the new flexible, extensible style NFSv2/v3 file handle.
+ * This is the new flexible, extensible style NFSv2/v3/v4 file handle.
  * by Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> - March 2000
  *
  * The file handle starts with a sequence of four-byte words.
@@ -47,14 +41,7 @@ struct nfs_fhbase_old {
  *
  * All four-byte values are in host-byte-order.
  *
- * The auth_type field specifies how the filehandle can be authenticated
- * This might allow a file to be confirmed to be in a writable part of a
- * filetree without checking the path from it up to the root.
- * Current values:
- *     0  - No authentication.  fb_auth is 0 bytes long
- * Possible future values:
- *     1  - 4 bytes taken from MD5 hash of the remainer of the file handle
- *          prefixed by a secret and with the important export flags.
+ * The auth_type field is deprecated and must be set to 0.
  *
  * The fsid_type identifies how the filesystem (or export point) is
  *    encoded.
@@ -71,14 +58,9 @@ struct nfs_fhbase_old {
  *     7  - 8 byte inode number and 16 byte uuid
  *
  * The fileid_type identified how the file within the filesystem is encoded.
- * This is (will be) passed to, and set by, the underlying filesystem if it supports
- * filehandle operations.  The filesystem must not use the value '0' or '0xff' and may
- * only use the values 1 and 2 as defined below:
- *  Current values:
- *    0   - The root, or export point, of the filesystem.  fb_fileid is 0 bytes.
- *    1   - 32bit inode number, 32 bit generation number.
- *    2   - 32bit inode number, 32 bit generation number, 32 bit parent directory inode number.
- *
+ *   The values for this field are filesystem specific, exccept that
+ *   filesystems must not use the values '0' or '0xff'. 'See enum fid_type'
+ *   in include/linux/exportfs.h for currently registered values.
  */
 struct nfs_fhbase_new {
 	__u8		fb_version;	/* == 1, even => nfs_fhbase_old */
@@ -114,9 +96,9 @@ struct knfsd_fh {
 #define	fh_fsid_type		fh_base.fh_new.fb_fsid_type
 #define	fh_auth_type		fh_base.fh_new.fb_auth_type
 #define	fh_fileid_type		fh_base.fh_new.fb_fileid_type
-#define	fh_auth			fh_base.fh_new.fb_auth
 #define	fh_fsid			fh_base.fh_new.fb_auth
 
-
+/* Do not use, provided for userspace compatiblity. */
+#define	fh_auth			fh_base.fh_new.fb_auth
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_NFSD_FH_H */