} else {
                /* look up the card by ID */
                unsigned long flags;
+               int idx = ieee1394_file_to_instance(file);
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&dv1394_cards_lock, flags);
                if (!list_empty(&dv1394_cards)) {
                        struct video_card *p;
                        list_for_each_entry(p, &dv1394_cards, list) {
-                               if ((p->id) == ieee1394_file_to_instance(file)) {
+                               if ((p->id) == idx) {
                                        video = p;
                                        break;
                                }
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dv1394_cards_lock, flags);
 
                if (!video) {
-                       debug_printk("dv1394: OHCI card %d not found", ieee1394_file_to_instance(file));
+                       debug_printk("dv1394: OHCI card %d not found", idx);
                        return -ENODEV;
                }
 
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 #include "hosts.h"
  */
 static inline unsigned char ieee1394_file_to_instance(struct file *file)
 {
-       return file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_cindex;
+       int idx = cdev_index(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+       if (idx < 0)
+               idx = 0;
+       return idx;
 }
 
 extern int hpsb_disable_irm;
 
                p = inode->i_cdev;
                if (!p) {
                        inode->i_cdev = p = new;
-                       inode->i_cindex = idx;
                        list_add(&inode->i_devices, &p->list);
                        new = NULL;
                } else if (!cdev_get(p))
        return ret;
 }
 
+int cdev_index(struct inode *inode)
+{
+       int idx;
+       struct kobject *kobj;
+
+       kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx);
+       if (!kobj)
+               return -1;
+       kobject_put(kobj);
+       return idx;
+}
+
 void cd_forget(struct inode *inode)
 {
        spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_index);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi);
 
 
 void cdev_del(struct cdev *);
 
+int cdev_index(struct inode *inode);
+
 void cd_forget(struct inode *);
 
 extern struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi;
 
                struct block_device     *i_bdev;
                struct cdev             *i_cdev;
        };
-       int                     i_cindex;
 
        __u32                   i_generation;