diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
index 930d10fecdaff8632dc35869c3695fc8397e8d7a..2950fca0c61b22cd0997d7c136cde40b90a0ae71 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ int nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_delegation *delegation, const n
 	if (delegation == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* seqid is 4-bytes long */
-	if (((u32 *) &stateid->data)[0] != 0)
+	if (stateid->stateid.seqid != 0)
 		return 0;
-	if (memcmp(&delegation->stateid.data[4], &stateid->data[4],
-		   sizeof(stateid->data)-4))
+	if (memcmp(&delegation->stateid.stateid.other,
+		   &stateid->stateid.other,
+		   NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE))
 		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4.h b/include/linux/nfs4.h
index 6c0406e87d5cd8793bd72986c32122b35c8d9156..34da32436ac03c09f2aebacbc7161d31edf6ae0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs4.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs4.h
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 #define NFS4_BITMAP_SIZE	2
 #define NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE	8
-#define NFS4_STATEID_SIZE	16
+#define NFS4_STATEID_SEQID_SIZE 4
+#define NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE 12
+#define NFS4_STATEID_SIZE	(NFS4_STATEID_SEQID_SIZE + NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE)
 #define NFS4_FHSIZE		128
 #define NFS4_MAXPATHLEN		PATH_MAX
 #define NFS4_MAXNAMLEN		NAME_MAX
@@ -167,7 +169,16 @@ struct nfs4_acl {
 };
 
 typedef struct { char data[NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE]; } nfs4_verifier;
-typedef struct { char data[NFS4_STATEID_SIZE]; } nfs4_stateid;
+
+struct nfs41_stateid {
+	__be32 seqid;
+	char other[NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+typedef union {
+	char data[NFS4_STATEID_SIZE];
+	struct nfs41_stateid stateid;
+} nfs4_stateid;
 
 enum nfs_opnum4 {
 	OP_ACCESS = 3,