diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8789210c6905a666c86612d9ac080f567ddbd89f..82b42e2ea65c92ee326d128ff3f7817202e609fd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (fhandle == NULL || fattr == NULL)
 		goto out_error;
 
-	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(NFS_SERVER(dir)->client, dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
+	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_bad;
 	if (nfs_compare_fh(NFS_FH(inode), fhandle))
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, stru
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;
 	/* Protect against concurrent sillydeletes */
 	nfs_block_sillyrename(parent);
-	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(NFS_SERVER(dir)->client, dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
+	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
 	if (error == -ENOENT)
 		goto no_entry;
 	if (error < 0) {
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ int nfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
 		goto out;
 	if (fhandle->size == 0) {
-		error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(NFS_SERVER(dir)->client, dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
+		error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_error;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index e36fd8a518196eb95a31fcbad97b76f88a008a05..08b9c93675da512e0ef8174a25e1e048f282b527 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs_submount(struct nfs_server *server, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 
 	/* Look it up again to get its attributes */
-	err = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->lookup(server->client, parent->d_inode,
-						  &dentry->d_name, fh, fattr);
+	err = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->lookup(parent->d_inode, &dentry->d_name, fh, fattr);
 	dput(parent);
 	if (err != 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index c23214d55ecfd51f2ca54cf5dbc2e022c0cb1b9c..48bcad294161e2d37588d63d9c332c5e905856cc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ nfs3_proc_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fattr *fattr,
 }
 
 static int
-nfs3_proc_lookup(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
+nfs3_proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
 		 struct nfs_fh *fhandle, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	struct nfs3_diropargs	arg = {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 2091af294c61b5223c4d20ca9f2e2459ca8d52bd..1780391a2c4ce505e7f3e986d11fad74aca8fce7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ static int nfs4_proc_lookup_common(struct rpc_clnt **clnt, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int nfs4_proc_lookup(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
+static int nfs4_proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
 			    struct nfs_fh *fhandle, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	int status;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index 76b3229fc527ec86b2bcc5a349502ef11e5afbaf..fea9163d6f8efdf1933aec41b47c870f08f7799f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ nfs_proc_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fattr *fattr,
 }
 
 static int
-nfs_proc_lookup(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
+nfs_proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name,
 		struct nfs_fh *fhandle, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	struct nfs_diropargs	arg = {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 4dada94eba7d1b71b838d0b82a93580323d5c5de..c940d46eb423b4f43727333ffe62c785a20cd443 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 			    struct nfs_fattr *);
 	int	(*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct nfs_fattr *,
 			    struct iattr *);
-	int	(*lookup)  (struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *, struct qstr *,
+	int	(*lookup)  (struct inode *, struct qstr *,
 			    struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *);
 	int	(*access)  (struct inode *, struct nfs_access_entry *);
 	int	(*readlink)(struct inode *, struct page *, unsigned int,