diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 478f814f2100d7e0990f9cc039c525e14bfd5b56..cfb1bbdac624ff8a1280a32400722fda8756803c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -172,16 +172,8 @@ struct ceph_connection {
 
 	/* connection negotiation temps */
 	char in_banner[CEPH_BANNER_MAX_LEN];
-	union {
-		struct {  /* outgoing connection */
-			struct ceph_msg_connect out_connect;
-			struct ceph_msg_connect_reply in_reply;
-		};
-		struct {  /* incoming */
-			struct ceph_msg_connect in_connect;
-			struct ceph_msg_connect_reply out_reply;
-		};
-	};
+	struct ceph_msg_connect out_connect;
+	struct ceph_msg_connect_reply in_reply;
 	struct ceph_entity_addr actual_peer_addr;
 
 	/* message out temps */
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 09ada79248748a7aae2afe41a2ec760a1a8721e8..16814d1f4774aa70178b471c1c7f22c24713cd91 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static int process_connect(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		 * dropped messages.
 		 */
 		dout("process_connect got RESET peer seq %u\n",
-		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.connect_seq));
+		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.connect_seq));
 		pr_err("%s%lld %s connection reset\n",
 		       ENTITY_NAME(con->peer_name),
 		       ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));
@@ -1566,10 +1566,10 @@ static int process_connect(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		 * If we sent a smaller connect_seq than the peer has, try
 		 * again with a larger value.
 		 */
-		dout("process_connect got RETRY my seq = %u, peer_seq = %u\n",
+		dout("process_connect got RETRY_SESSION my seq %u, peer %u\n",
 		     le32_to_cpu(con->out_connect.connect_seq),
-		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.connect_seq));
-		con->connect_seq = le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.connect_seq);
+		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.connect_seq));
+		con->connect_seq = le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.connect_seq);
 		ret = prepare_write_connect(con);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -1583,9 +1583,9 @@ static int process_connect(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		 */
 		dout("process_connect got RETRY_GLOBAL my %u peer_gseq %u\n",
 		     con->peer_global_seq,
-		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.global_seq));
+		     le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.global_seq));
 		get_global_seq(con->msgr,
-			       le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.global_seq));
+			       le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.global_seq));
 		ret = prepare_write_connect(con);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;