resp.num_comp_vectors = file->device->num_comp_vectors;
 
-       filp = ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(file, 1, &resp.async_fd);
+       ret = get_unused_fd();
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto err_free;
+       resp.async_fd = ret;
+
+       filp = ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(file, 1);
        if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(filp);
-               goto err_free;
+               goto err_fd;
        }
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
        return in_len;
 
 err_file:
-       put_unused_fd(resp.async_fd);
        fput(filp);
 
+err_fd:
+       put_unused_fd(resp.async_fd);
+
 err_free:
        ibdev->dealloc_ucontext(ucontext);
 
        struct ib_uverbs_create_comp_channel       cmd;
        struct ib_uverbs_create_comp_channel_resp  resp;
        struct file                               *filp;
+       int ret;
 
        if (out_len < sizeof resp)
                return -ENOSPC;
        if (copy_from_user(&cmd, buf, sizeof cmd))
                return -EFAULT;
 
-       filp = ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(file, 0, &resp.fd);
-       if (IS_ERR(filp))
+       ret = get_unused_fd();
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       resp.fd = ret;
+
+       filp = ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(file, 0);
+       if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
+               put_unused_fd(resp.fd);
                return PTR_ERR(filp);
+       }
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
                         &resp, sizeof resp)) {
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("InfiniBand userspace verbs access");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 
-#define INFINIBANDEVENTFS_MAGIC        0x49426576      /* "IBev" */
-
 enum {
        IB_UVERBS_MAJOR       = 231,
        IB_UVERBS_BASE_MINOR  = 192,
        [IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_DESTROY_SRQ]         = ib_uverbs_destroy_srq,
 };
 
-static struct vfsmount *uverbs_event_mnt;
-
 static void ib_uverbs_add_one(struct ib_device *device);
 static void ib_uverbs_remove_one(struct ib_device *device);
 
 }
 
 struct file *ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(struct ib_uverbs_file *uverbs_file,
-                                       int is_async, int *fd)
+                                       int is_async)
 {
        struct ib_uverbs_event_file *ev_file;
-       struct path path;
        struct file *filp;
-       int ret;
 
        ev_file = kmalloc(sizeof *ev_file, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!ev_file)
        ev_file->is_async    = is_async;
        ev_file->is_closed   = 0;
 
-       *fd = get_unused_fd();
-       if (*fd < 0) {
-               ret = *fd;
-               goto err;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * fops_get() can't fail here, because we're coming from a
-        * system call on a uverbs file, which will already have a
-        * module reference.
-        */
-       path.mnt = uverbs_event_mnt;
-       path.dentry = uverbs_event_mnt->mnt_root;
-       path_get(&path);
-       filp = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, fops_get(&uverbs_event_fops));
-       if (!filp) {
-               ret = -ENFILE;
-               goto err_fd;
-       }
-
-       filp->private_data = ev_file;
+       filp = anon_inode_getfile("[infinibandevent]", &uverbs_event_fops,
+                                 ev_file, O_RDONLY);
+       if (IS_ERR(filp))
+               kfree(ev_file);
 
        return filp;
-
-err_fd:
-       fops_put(&uverbs_event_fops);
-       path_put(&path);
-       put_unused_fd(*fd);
-
-err:
-       kfree(ev_file);
-       return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /*
        kfree(uverbs_dev);
 }
 
-static int uverbs_event_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
-                              const char *dev_name, void *data,
-                              struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-       return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "infinibandevent:", NULL,
-                            INFINIBANDEVENTFS_MAGIC, mnt);
-}
-
-static struct file_system_type uverbs_event_fs = {
-       /* No owner field so module can be unloaded */
-       .name    = "infinibandeventfs",
-       .get_sb  = uverbs_event_get_sb,
-       .kill_sb = kill_litter_super
-};
-
 static int __init ib_uverbs_init(void)
 {
        int ret;
                goto out_class;
        }
 
-       ret = register_filesystem(&uverbs_event_fs);
-       if (ret) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "user_verbs: couldn't register infinibandeventfs\n");
-               goto out_class;
-       }
-
-       uverbs_event_mnt = kern_mount(&uverbs_event_fs);
-       if (IS_ERR(uverbs_event_mnt)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(uverbs_event_mnt);
-               printk(KERN_ERR "user_verbs: couldn't mount infinibandeventfs\n");
-               goto out_fs;
-       }
-
        ret = ib_register_client(&uverbs_client);
        if (ret) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "user_verbs: couldn't register client\n");
-               goto out_mnt;
+               goto out_class;
        }
 
        return 0;
 
-out_mnt:
-       mntput(uverbs_event_mnt);
-
-out_fs:
-       unregister_filesystem(&uverbs_event_fs);
-
 out_class:
        class_destroy(uverbs_class);
 
 static void __exit ib_uverbs_cleanup(void)
 {
        ib_unregister_client(&uverbs_client);
-       mntput(uverbs_event_mnt);
-       unregister_filesystem(&uverbs_event_fs);
        class_destroy(uverbs_class);
        unregister_chrdev_region(IB_UVERBS_BASE_DEV, IB_UVERBS_MAX_DEVICES);
        idr_destroy(&ib_uverbs_pd_idr);