while ((server->tcpStatus != CifsExiting) &&
               (server->tcpStatus != CifsGood)) {
                try_to_freeze();
-               if (server->protocolType == IPV6) {
+               if (server->addr.sockAddr6.sin6_family == AF_INET6) {
                        rc = ipv6_connect(&server->addr.sockAddr6,
                                          &server->ssocket, server->noautotune);
                } else {
 {
        int rc = 0;
        int xid;
-       int address_type = AF_INET;
        struct socket *csocket = NULL;
-       struct sockaddr_in sin_server;
-       struct sockaddr_in6 sin_server6;
+       struct sockaddr addr;
+       struct sockaddr_in *sin_server = (struct sockaddr_in *) &addr;
+       struct sockaddr_in6 *sin_server6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &addr;
        struct smb_vol volume_info;
        struct cifsSesInfo *pSesInfo = NULL;
        struct cifsSesInfo *existingCifsSes = NULL;
 
 /* cFYI(1, ("Entering cifs_mount. Xid: %d with: %s", xid, mount_data)); */
 
+       memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
        memset(&volume_info, 0, sizeof(struct smb_vol));
        if (cifs_parse_mount_options(mount_data, devname, &volume_info)) {
                rc = -EINVAL;
 
        if (volume_info.UNCip && volume_info.UNC) {
                rc = cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET, volume_info.UNCip,
-                                   &sin_server.sin_addr.s_addr);
+                                   &sin_server->sin_addr.s_addr);
 
                if (rc <= 0) {
                        /* not ipv4 address, try ipv6 */
                        rc = cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET6, volume_info.UNCip,
-                                           &sin_server6.sin6_addr.in6_u);
+                                           &sin_server6->sin6_addr.in6_u);
                        if (rc > 0)
-                               address_type = AF_INET6;
+                               addr.sa_family = AF_INET6;
                } else {
-                       address_type = AF_INET;
+                       addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
                }
 
                if (rc <= 0) {
                }
        }
 
-       if (address_type == AF_INET)
-               existingCifsSes = cifs_find_tcp_session(&sin_server.sin_addr,
+       if (addr.sa_family == AF_INET)
+               existingCifsSes = cifs_find_tcp_session(&sin_server->sin_addr,
                        NULL /* no ipv6 addr */,
                        volume_info.username, &srvTcp);
-       else if (address_type == AF_INET6) {
+       else if (addr.sa_family == AF_INET6) {
                cFYI(1, ("looking for ipv6 address"));
                existingCifsSes = cifs_find_tcp_session(NULL /* no ipv4 addr */,
-                       &sin_server6.sin6_addr,
+                       &sin_server6->sin6_addr,
                        volume_info.username, &srvTcp);
        } else {
                rc = -EINVAL;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (!srvTcp) {  /* create socket */
-               if (volume_info.port)
-                       sin_server.sin_port = htons(volume_info.port);
-               else
-                       sin_server.sin_port = 0;
-               if (address_type == AF_INET6) {
+       if (!srvTcp) {
+               if (addr.sa_family == AF_INET6) {
                        cFYI(1, ("attempting ipv6 connect"));
                        /* BB should we allow ipv6 on port 139? */
                        /* other OS never observed in Wild doing 139 with v6 */
-                       rc = ipv6_connect(&sin_server6, &csocket,
+                       sin_server6->sin6_port = htons(volume_info.port);
+                       rc = ipv6_connect(sin_server6, &csocket,
                                        volume_info.noblocksnd);
-               } else
-                       rc = ipv4_connect(&sin_server, &csocket,
+               } else {
+                       sin_server->sin_port = htons(volume_info.port);
+                       rc = ipv4_connect(sin_server, &csocket,
                                  volume_info.source_rfc1001_name,
                                  volume_info.target_rfc1001_name,
                                  volume_info.noblocksnd,
                                  volume_info.noautotune);
+               }
                if (rc < 0) {
-                       cERROR(1, ("Error connecting to IPv4 socket. "
+                       cERROR(1, ("Error connecting to socket. "
                                   "Aborting operation"));
                        if (csocket != NULL)
                                sock_release(csocket);
                } else {
                        srvTcp->noblocksnd = volume_info.noblocksnd;
                        srvTcp->noautotune = volume_info.noautotune;
-                       memcpy(&srvTcp->addr.sockAddr, &sin_server,
-                               sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+                       if (addr.sa_family == AF_INET6)
+                               memcpy(&srvTcp->addr.sockAddr6, sin_server6,
+                                       sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
+                       else
+                               memcpy(&srvTcp->addr.sockAddr, sin_server,
+                                       sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
                        atomic_set(&srvTcp->inFlight, 0);
                        /* BB Add code for ipv6 case too */
                        srvTcp->ssocket = csocket;
-                       srvTcp->protocolType = IPV4;
                        srvTcp->hostname = extract_hostname(volume_info.UNC);
                        if (IS_ERR(srvTcp->hostname)) {
                                rc = PTR_ERR(srvTcp->hostname);
                else {
                        pSesInfo->server = srvTcp;
                        sprintf(pSesInfo->serverName, "%u.%u.%u.%u",
-                               NIPQUAD(sin_server.sin_addr.s_addr));
+                               NIPQUAD(sin_server->sin_addr.s_addr));
                }
 
                if (!rc) {
                setup_cifs_sb(&volume_info, cifs_sb);
 
                tcon =
-                   find_unc(sin_server.sin_addr.s_addr, volume_info.UNC,
+                   find_unc(sin_server->sin_addr.s_addr, volume_info.UNC,
                             volume_info.username);
                if (tcon) {
                        cFYI(1, ("Found match on UNC path"));