static loff_t orangefs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
        int ret = -EINVAL;
-       struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+       struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
-       if (!inode) {
-               gossip_err("orangefs_file_llseek: invalid inode (NULL)\n");
-               return ret;
-       }
-
-       if (origin == ORANGEFS_SEEK_END) {
+       if (origin == SEEK_END) {
                /*
                 * revalidate the inode's file size.
                 * NOTE: We are only interested in file size here,
                                     __FILE__,
                                     __func__,
                                     __LINE__);
-                       orangefs_make_bad_inode(inode);
                        return ret;
                }
        }
                     " | inode size is %lu\n",
                     (long)offset,
                     origin,
-                    (unsigned long)file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size);
+                    (unsigned long)i_size_read(inode));
 
        return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
 }
 
 #define ORANGEFS_DEVREQ_MAGIC             0x20030529
 #define ORANGEFS_LINK_MAX                 0x000000FF
 #define ORANGEFS_PURGE_RETRY_COUNT     0x00000005
-#define ORANGEFS_SEEK_END              0x00000002
 #define ORANGEFS_MAX_NUM_OPTIONS          0x00000004
 #define ORANGEFS_MAX_MOUNT_OPT_LEN        0x00000080
 #define ORANGEFS_MAX_FSKEY_LEN            64