/* protects updating the header */
        struct rw_semaphore     header_rwsem;
        char                    snap_name[RBD_MAX_SNAP_NAME_LEN];
-       u32 cur_snap;   /* index+1 of current snapshot within snap context
-                          0 - for the head */
+       u64                     snap_id;        /* current snapshot id */
        int read_only;
 
        struct list_head        node;
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static int snap_index(struct rbd_image_header *header, int snap_num)
-{
-       return header->total_snaps - snap_num;
-}
-
-static u64 cur_snap_id(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
-{
-       struct rbd_image_header *header = &rbd_dev->header;
-
-       if (!rbd_dev->cur_snap)
-               return 0;
-
-       return header->snapc->snaps[snap_index(header, rbd_dev->cur_snap)];
-}
-
 static int snap_by_name(struct rbd_image_header *header, const char *snap_name,
                        u64 *seq, u64 *size)
 {
                        snapc->seq = header->snap_seq;
                else
                        snapc->seq = 0;
-               dev->cur_snap = 0;
+               dev->snap_id = CEPH_NOSNAP;
                dev->read_only = 0;
                if (size)
                        *size = header->image_size;
                ret = snap_by_name(header, dev->snap_name, &snapc->seq, size);
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto done;
-
-               dev->cur_snap = header->total_snaps - ret;
+               dev->snap_id = snapc->seq;
                dev->read_only = 1;
        }
 
                                              coll, cur_seg);
                        else
                                rbd_req_read(rq, rbd_dev,
-                                            cur_snap_id(rbd_dev),
+                                            rbd_dev->snap_id,
                                             ofs,
                                             op_size, bio,
                                             coll, cur_seg);
        struct ceph_mon_client *monc;
 
        /* we should create a snapshot only if we're pointing at the head */
-       if (dev->cur_snap)
+       if (dev->snap_id != CEPH_NOSNAP)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        monc = &dev->rbd_client->client->monc;