diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 94fe638..e1bd5d84 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
 	}
 	iocb->private = x;
 	x->kiocb = iocb;
-	sock = SOCKET_I(iocb->ki_filp->f_dentry->d_inode); 
+	sock = iocb->ki_filp->private_data; 
 
 	x->async_msg.msg_name = NULL;
 	x->async_msg.msg_namelen = 0;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 	}
 	iocb->private = x;
 	x->kiocb = iocb;
-	sock = SOCKET_I(iocb->ki_filp->f_dentry->d_inode); 
+	sock = iocb->ki_filp->private_data; 
 
 	x->async_msg.msg_name = NULL;
 	x->async_msg.msg_namelen = 0;
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
 	struct socket *sock;
 	int flags;
 
-	sock = SOCKET_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	sock = file->private_data;
 
 	flags = !(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ? 0 : MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	if (more)
@@ -741,14 +741,14 @@
 	return sock->ops->sendpage(sock, page, offset, size, flags);
 }
 
-static int sock_readv_writev(int type, struct inode * inode,
+static int sock_readv_writev(int type,
 			     struct file * file, const struct iovec * iov,
 			     long count, size_t size)
 {
 	struct msghdr msg;
 	struct socket *sock;
 
-	sock = SOCKET_I(inode);
+	sock = file->private_data;
 
 	msg.msg_name = NULL;
 	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
 	int i;
         for (i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
                 tot_len += vector[i].iov_len;
-	return sock_readv_writev(VERIFY_WRITE, file->f_dentry->d_inode,
+	return sock_readv_writev(VERIFY_WRITE,
 				 file, vector, count, tot_len);
 }
 	
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
 	int i;
         for (i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
                 tot_len += vector[i].iov_len;
-	return sock_readv_writev(VERIFY_READ, file->f_dentry->d_inode,
+	return sock_readv_writev(VERIFY_READ,
 				 file, vector, count, tot_len);
 }
 
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	int pid, err;
 
-	sock = SOCKET_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	sock = file->private_data;
 	if (cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE && cmd <= (SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15)) {
 		err = dev_ioctl(cmd, argp);
 	} else
@@ -939,13 +939,13 @@
 	/*
 	 *	We can't return errors to poll, so it's either yes or no. 
 	 */
-	sock = SOCKET_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	sock = file->private_data;
 	return sock->ops->poll(file, sock, wait);
 }
 
 static int sock_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 {
-	struct socket *sock = SOCKET_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct socket *sock = file->private_data;
 
 	return sock->ops->mmap(file, sock, vma);
 }
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	sock = SOCKET_I(filp->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	sock = filp->private_data;
 
 	if ((sk=sock->sk) == NULL) {
 		kfree(fna);