struct gendisk          *disk;          /* blkdev's gendisk and rq */
 
        u32                     image_format;   /* Either 1 or 2 */
-       struct rbd_options      rbd_opts;
        struct rbd_client       *rbd_client;
 
        char                    name[DEV_NAME_LEN]; /* blkdev name, e.g. rbd3 */
 static int rbd_get_client(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, const char *mon_addr,
                                size_t mon_addr_len, char *options)
 {
-       struct rbd_options *rbd_opts = &rbd_dev->rbd_opts;
+       struct rbd_options rbd_opts;
        struct ceph_options *ceph_opts;
        struct rbd_client *rbdc;
 
-       rbd_opts->read_only = RBD_READ_ONLY_DEFAULT;
+       /* Initialize all rbd options to the defaults */
+
+       rbd_opts.read_only = RBD_READ_ONLY_DEFAULT;
 
        ceph_opts = ceph_parse_options(options, mon_addr,
                                        mon_addr + mon_addr_len,
-                                       parse_rbd_opts_token, rbd_opts);
+                                       parse_rbd_opts_token, &rbd_opts);
        if (IS_ERR(ceph_opts))
                return PTR_ERR(ceph_opts);
 
+       /* Record the parsed rbd options */
+
+       rbd_dev->mapping.read_only = rbd_opts.read_only;
+
        rbdc = rbd_client_find(ceph_opts);
        if (rbdc) {
                /* using an existing client */
                rbd_dev->mapping.size = rbd_dev->header.image_size;
                rbd_dev->mapping.features = rbd_dev->header.features;
                rbd_dev->mapping.snap_exists = false;
-               rbd_dev->mapping.read_only = rbd_dev->rbd_opts.read_only;
                ret = 0;
        } else {
                ret = snap_by_name(rbd_dev, snap_name);