struct compound_hdr *hdr)
 {
        __be32 *p;
-       char machine_name[NFS4_MAX_MACHINE_NAME_LEN];
-       uint32_t len;
        struct nfs_client *clp = args->client;
+       struct rpc_clnt *clnt = clp->cl_rpcclient;
        struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(clp->cl_net, nfs_net_id);
        u32 max_resp_sz_cached;
 
        max_resp_sz_cached = (NFS4_dec_open_sz + RPC_REPHDRSIZE +
                              RPC_MAX_AUTH_SIZE + 2) * XDR_UNIT;
 
-       len = scnprintf(machine_name, sizeof(machine_name), "%s",
-                       clp->cl_ipaddr);
-
        encode_op_hdr(xdr, OP_CREATE_SESSION, decode_create_session_maxsz, hdr);
-       p = reserve_space(xdr, 16 + 2*28 + 20 + len + 12);
+       p = reserve_space(xdr, 16 + 2*28 + 20 + clnt->cl_nodelen + 12);
        p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, clp->cl_clientid);
        *p++ = cpu_to_be32(clp->cl_seqid);                      /*Sequence id */
        *p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->flags);                        /*flags */
 
        /* authsys_parms rfc1831 */
        *p++ = cpu_to_be32(nn->boot_time.tv_nsec);      /* stamp */
-       p = xdr_encode_opaque(p, machine_name, len);
+       p = xdr_encode_array(p, clnt->cl_nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
        *p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);                          /* UID */
        *p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);                          /* GID */
        *p = cpu_to_be32(0);                            /* No more gids */