goto err_names;
        init_rwsem(&v9ses->rename_sem);
 
-       rc = bdi_setup_and_register(&v9ses->bdi, "9p");
-       if (rc)
-               goto err_names;
-
        v9ses->uid = INVALID_UID;
        v9ses->dfltuid = V9FS_DEFUID;
        v9ses->dfltgid = V9FS_DEFGID;
        if (IS_ERR(v9ses->clnt)) {
                rc = PTR_ERR(v9ses->clnt);
                p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "problem initializing 9p client\n");
-               goto err_bdi;
+               goto err_names;
        }
 
        v9ses->flags = V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
 
 err_clnt:
        p9_client_destroy(v9ses->clnt);
-err_bdi:
-       bdi_destroy(&v9ses->bdi);
 err_names:
        kfree(v9ses->uname);
        kfree(v9ses->aname);
        kfree(v9ses->uname);
        kfree(v9ses->aname);
 
-       bdi_destroy(&v9ses->bdi);
-
        spin_lock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
        list_del(&v9ses->slist);
        spin_unlock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
 
        kuid_t uid;             /* if ACCESS_SINGLE, the uid that has access */
        struct p9_client *clnt; /* 9p client */
        struct list_head slist; /* list of sessions registered with v9fs */
-       struct backing_dev_info bdi;
        struct rw_semaphore rename_sem;
 };
 
 
  *
  */
 
-static void
+static int
 v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
                int flags, void *data)
 {
+       int ret;
+
        sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
        sb->s_blocksize_bits = fls(v9ses->maxdata - 1);
        sb->s_blocksize = 1 << sb->s_blocksize_bits;
                sb->s_xattr = v9fs_xattr_handlers;
        } else
                sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops;
-       sb->s_bdi = &v9ses->bdi;
+
+       ret = super_setup_bdi(sb);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
        if (v9ses->cache)
                sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024)/PAGE_SIZE;
 
 #endif
 
        save_mount_options(sb, data);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
                retval = PTR_ERR(sb);
                goto clunk_fid;
        }
-       v9fs_fill_super(sb, v9ses, flags, data);
+       retval = v9fs_fill_super(sb, v9ses, flags, data);
+       if (retval)
+               goto release_sb;
 
        if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
                sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;