diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 820189977a13..64b5e33ad1b1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8a5e929dd2e05ab4d3d89f58c5e8fca596af8f3a
+refs/heads/master: bf6c7f6c7bd0ea779757d35b5fdc9f9157f056b3
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 799e01055f22..340c657a108c 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_interpose(struct dentry *lower_dentry,
  * @lower_dir_inode: inode of the parent in the lower fs of the new file
  * @dentry: New file's dentry
  * @mode: The mode of the new file
- * @nd: nameidata of ecryptfs' parent's dentry & vfsmount
  *
  * Creates the file in the lower file system.
  *
@@ -155,31 +154,10 @@ static int ecryptfs_interpose(struct dentry *lower_dentry,
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_create_underlying_file(struct inode *lower_dir_inode,
-				struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-				struct nameidata *nd)
+				struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
 	struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
-	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry);
-	struct dentry *dentry_save;
-	struct vfsmount *vfsmount_save;
-	unsigned int flags_save;
-	int rc;
-
-	if (nd) {
-		dentry_save = nd->path.dentry;
-		vfsmount_save = nd->path.mnt;
-		flags_save = nd->flags;
-		nd->path.dentry = lower_dentry;
-		nd->path.mnt = lower_mnt;
-		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_OPEN;
-	}
-	rc = vfs_create(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry, mode, nd);
-	if (nd) {
-		nd->path.dentry = dentry_save;
-		nd->path.mnt = vfsmount_save;
-		nd->flags = flags_save;
-	}
-	return rc;
+	return vfs_create(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry, mode, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -197,8 +175,7 @@ ecryptfs_create_underlying_file(struct inode *lower_dir_inode,
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
-		   struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry, int mode,
-		   struct nameidata *nd)
+		   struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry, int mode)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct dentry *lower_dentry;
@@ -213,7 +190,7 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	rc = ecryptfs_create_underlying_file(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode,
-					     ecryptfs_dentry, mode, nd);
+					     ecryptfs_dentry, mode);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failure to create dentry in lower fs; "
 		       "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
@@ -294,7 +271,7 @@ ecryptfs_create(struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 	int rc;
 
 	/* ecryptfs_do_create() calls ecryptfs_interpose() */
-	rc = ecryptfs_do_create(directory_inode, ecryptfs_dentry, mode, nd);
+	rc = ecryptfs_do_create(directory_inode, ecryptfs_dentry, mode);
 	if (unlikely(rc)) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to create file in"
 				"lower filesystem\n");