diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 2cf2ebecb55f30993eda3dd4dac1dca5b2aa3584..ceeca64f059920606c9047fda5904e4addf173b6 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 {
 	struct ncp_mount_data_kernel data;
 	struct ncp_server *server;
-	struct file *ncp_filp;
 	struct inode *root_inode;
-	struct inode *sock_inode;
 	struct socket *sock;
 	int error;
 	int default_bufsize;
@@ -539,18 +537,10 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 	if (!uid_valid(data.mounted_uid) || !uid_valid(data.uid) ||
 	    !gid_valid(data.gid))
 		goto out;
-	error = -EBADF;
-	ncp_filp = fget(data.ncp_fd);
-	if (!ncp_filp)
-		goto out;
-	error = -ENOTSOCK;
-	sock_inode = file_inode(ncp_filp);
-	if (!S_ISSOCK(sock_inode->i_mode))
-		goto out_fput;
-	sock = SOCKET_I(sock_inode);
+	sock = sockfd_lookup(data.ncp_fd, &error);
 	if (!sock)
-		goto out_fput;
-		
+		goto out;
+
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_STREAM)
 		default_bufsize = 0xF000;
 	else
@@ -572,27 +562,16 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_fput;
 
-	server->ncp_filp = ncp_filp;
 	server->ncp_sock = sock;
 	
 	if (data.info_fd != -1) {
-		struct socket *info_sock;
-
-		error = -EBADF;
-		server->info_filp = fget(data.info_fd);
-		if (!server->info_filp)
-			goto out_bdi;
-		error = -ENOTSOCK;
-		sock_inode = file_inode(server->info_filp);
-		if (!S_ISSOCK(sock_inode->i_mode))
-			goto out_fput2;
-		info_sock = SOCKET_I(sock_inode);
+		struct socket *info_sock = sockfd_lookup(data.info_fd, &error);
 		if (!info_sock)
-			goto out_fput2;
+			goto out_bdi;
+		server->info_sock = info_sock;
 		error = -EBADFD;
 		if (info_sock->type != SOCK_STREAM)
 			goto out_fput2;
-		server->info_sock = info_sock;
 	}
 
 /*	server->lock = 0;	*/
@@ -764,17 +743,12 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 	mutex_destroy(&server->root_setup_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&server->mutex);
 out_fput2:
-	if (server->info_filp)
-		fput(server->info_filp);
+	if (server->info_sock)
+		sockfd_put(server->info_sock);
 out_bdi:
 	bdi_destroy(&server->bdi);
 out_fput:
-	/* 23/12/1998 Marcin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl>:
-	 * 
-	 * The previously used put_filp(ncp_filp); was bogus, since
-	 * it doesn't perform proper unlocking.
-	 */
-	fput(ncp_filp);
+	sockfd_put(sock);
 out:
 	put_pid(data.wdog_pid);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
@@ -807,9 +781,9 @@ static void ncp_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	mutex_destroy(&server->root_setup_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&server->mutex);
 
-	if (server->info_filp)
-		fput(server->info_filp);
-	fput(server->ncp_filp);
+	if (server->info_sock)
+		sockfd_put(server->info_sock);
+	sockfd_put(server->ncp_sock);
 	kill_pid(server->m.wdog_pid, SIGTERM, 1);
 	put_pid(server->m.wdog_pid);
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_sb.h b/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_sb.h
index b81e97adc5a9b9862e19ce0b25ab83a652909565..7fa17e4593669379d420fafa11d355276a6eba72 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_sb.h
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ struct ncp_server {
 
 	__u8 name_space[NCP_NUMBER_OF_VOLUMES + 2];
 
-	struct file *ncp_filp;	/* File pointer to ncp socket */
 	struct socket *ncp_sock;/* ncp socket */
-	struct file *info_filp;
 	struct socket *info_sock;
 
 	u8 sequence;