diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index 02472c69090f02ad318ca461cbcbccdf79fb9db4..5a9d20c8a37d84c86a28db274624a82a5857fa2f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int blk_vsc_initialize(struct hv_driver *driver)
 	struct storvsc_driver_object *stor_driver;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	stor_driver = (struct storvsc_driver_object *)driver;
+	stor_driver = hvdr_to_stordr(driver);
 
 	/* Make sure we are at least 2 pages since 1 page is used for control */
 	/* ASSERT(stor_driver->RingBufferSize >= (PAGE_SIZE << 1)); */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
index eeaeaefb86529fbea0e8a9946a3ceb7ab2ad4346..5c80cdb5dc1afec3155ef2341fadb953c636abb1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef _STORVSC_API_H_
 #define _STORVSC_API_H_
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "vstorage.h"
 #include "vmbus_api.h"
 
@@ -90,8 +91,6 @@ struct hv_storvsc_request {
 
 /* Represents the block vsc driver */
 struct storvsc_driver_object {
-	/* Must be the first field */
-	/* Which is a bug FIXME! */
 	struct hv_driver base;
 
 	/* Set by caller (in bytes) */
@@ -159,6 +158,11 @@ static inline void put_stor_device(struct hv_device *device)
 	atomic_dec(&stor_device->ref_count);
 }
 
+static inline struct storvsc_driver_object *hvdr_to_stordr(struct hv_driver *d)
+{
+	return container_of(d, struct storvsc_driver_object, base);
+}
+
 /* Interface */
 
 int stor_vsc_on_device_add(struct hv_device *device,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index 1d13f1baf8008432b74ea570e8601536e80d96b7..268c60707ebeebe9b0d57071732d079b3adfb75a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int stor_vsc_initialize(struct hv_driver *driver)
 {
 	struct storvsc_driver_object *stor_driver;
 
-	stor_driver = (struct storvsc_driver_object *)driver;
+	stor_driver = hvdr_to_stordr(driver);
 
 	DPRINT_DBG(STORVSC, "sizeof(STORVSC_REQUEST)=%zd "
 		   "sizeof(struct storvsc_request_extension)=%zd "