diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index 9c28b6abe885223df78857c12bff491515ca63b7..eb66408ff236bcb740adeda997b60977017623d2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -181,48 +181,24 @@ struct dentry *ceph_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 }
 
 /*
- * get parent, if possible.
- *
- * FIXME: we could do better by querying the mds to discover the
- * parent.
+ * convert regular fh to parent
  */
 static struct dentry *ceph_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb,
-					 struct fid *fid,
+					struct fid *fid,
 					int fh_len, int fh_type)
 {
 	struct ceph_nfs_confh *cfh = (void *)fid->raw;
-	struct ceph_vino vino;
-	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	int err;
 
-	if (fh_type == 1)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+	if (fh_type != FILEID_INO32_GEN_PARENT)
+		return NULL;
 	if (fh_len < sizeof(*cfh) / 4)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-
-	pr_debug("fh_to_parent %llx/%d\n", cfh->parent_ino,
-		 cfh->parent_name_hash);
-
-	vino.ino = cfh->ino;
-	vino.snap = CEPH_NOSNAP;
-	inode = ceph_find_inode(sb, vino);
-	if (!inode)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+		return NULL;
 
-	dentry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		pr_err("fh_to_parent %llx -- inode %p but ENOMEM\n",
-		       cfh->ino, inode);
-		iput(inode);
-		return dentry;
-	}
-	err = ceph_init_dentry(dentry);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		iput(inode);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-	dout("fh_to_parent %llx %p dentry %p\n", cfh->ino, inode, dentry);
+	dout("fh_to_parent %llx\n", cfh->parent_ino);
+	dentry = __get_parent(sb, NULL, cfh->ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry) && PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENOENT)
+		dentry = __fh_to_dentry(sb, cfh->parent_ino);
 	return dentry;
 }