char *string = NULL;
        char *tmp_end, *value;
        char delim;
+       bool got_ip = false;
+       unsigned short port = 0;
+       struct sockaddr *dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&vol->dstaddr;
 
        separator[0] = ',';
        separator[1] = 0;
                        vol->dir_mode = option;
                        break;
                case Opt_port:
-                       if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
-                               cERROR(1, "%s: Invalid port value",
-                                       __func__);
+                       if (get_option_ul(args, &option) ||
+                           option > USHRT_MAX) {
+                               cERROR(1, "%s: Invalid port value", __func__);
                                goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
                        }
-                       vol->port = option;
+                       port = (unsigned short)option;
                        break;
                case Opt_rsize:
                        if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
                        vol->password[j] = '\0';
                        break;
                case Opt_blank_ip:
-                       vol->UNCip = NULL;
+                       /* FIXME: should this be an error instead? */
+                       got_ip = false;
                        break;
                case Opt_ip:
                        string = match_strdup(args);
                        if (string == NULL)
                                goto out_nomem;
 
-                       if (strnlen(string, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) >
-                                               INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) {
-                               printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: ip address "
-                                                   "too long\n");
-                               goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
-                       }
-                       vol->UNCip = kstrdup(string, GFP_KERNEL);
-                       if (!vol->UNCip) {
-                               printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: no memory "
-                                                   "for UNC IP\n");
+                       if (!cifs_convert_address(dstaddr, string,
+                                       strlen(string))) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS: bad ip= option (%s).\n",
+                                       string);
                                goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
                        }
+                       got_ip = true;
                        break;
                case Opt_unc:
                        string = match_strdup(args);
                goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
        }
 
-       if (vol->UNCip == NULL)
-               vol->UNCip = &vol->UNC[2];
+       if (!got_ip) {
+               /* No ip= option specified? Try to get it from UNC */
+               if (!cifs_convert_address(dstaddr, &vol->UNC[2],
+                                               strlen(&vol->UNC[2]))) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to determine destination "
+                                       "address.\n");
+                       goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* set the port that we got earlier */
+       cifs_set_port(dstaddr, port);
 
        if (uid_specified)
                vol->override_uid = override_uid;
 cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 {
        struct TCP_Server_Info *tcp_ses = NULL;
-       struct sockaddr_storage addr;
-       struct sockaddr_in *sin_server = (struct sockaddr_in *) &addr;
-       struct sockaddr_in6 *sin_server6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &addr;
+       struct sockaddr *dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&volume_info->dstaddr;
        int rc;
 
-       memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-
-       cFYI(1, "UNC: %s ip: %s", volume_info->UNC, volume_info->UNCip);
-
-       if (volume_info->UNCip && volume_info->UNC) {
-               rc = cifs_fill_sockaddr((struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-                                       volume_info->UNCip,
-                                       strlen(volume_info->UNCip),
-                                       volume_info->port);
-               if (!rc) {
-                       /* we failed translating address */
-                       rc = -EINVAL;
-                       goto out_err;
-               }
-       }
+       cFYI(1, "UNC: %s", volume_info->UNC);
 
        /* see if we already have a matching tcp_ses */
-       tcp_ses = cifs_find_tcp_session((struct sockaddr *)&addr, volume_info);
+       tcp_ses = cifs_find_tcp_session(dstaddr, volume_info);
        if (tcp_ses)
                return tcp_ses;
 
               sizeof(tcp_ses->srcaddr));
        ++tcp_ses->srv_count;
 
-       if (addr.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
-               cFYI(1, "attempting ipv6 connect");
-               /* BB should we allow ipv6 on port 139? */
-               /* other OS never observed in Wild doing 139 with v6 */
-               memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, sin_server6,
-                      sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
-       } else
-               memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, sin_server,
-                      sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+       memcpy(&tcp_ses->dstaddr, dstaddr, sizeof(tcp_ses->dstaddr));
 
        rc = ip_connect(tcp_ses);
        if (rc < 0) {
        struct cifs_ses *ses;
        struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
        struct tcon_link *tlink;
-       struct sockaddr_storage addr;
+       struct sockaddr *dstaddr;
        int rc = 0;
 
-       memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-
        spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
        cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
        tlink = cifs_get_tlink(cifs_sb_master_tlink(cifs_sb));
        tcp_srv = ses->server;
 
        volume_info = mnt_data->vol;
+       dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&volume_info->dstaddr;
 
-       rc = cifs_fill_sockaddr((struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-                               volume_info->UNCip,
-                               strlen(volume_info->UNCip),
-                               volume_info->port);
-       if (!rc)
-               goto out;
-
-       if (!match_server(tcp_srv, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, volume_info) ||
+       if (!match_server(tcp_srv, dstaddr, volume_info) ||
            !match_session(ses, volume_info) ||
            !match_tcon(tcon, volume_info->UNC)) {
                rc = 0;
 {
        kfree(volume_info->username);
        kzfree(volume_info->password);
-       if (volume_info->UNCip != volume_info->UNC + 2)
-               kfree(volume_info->UNCip);
        kfree(volume_info->UNC);
        kfree(volume_info->domainname);
        kfree(volume_info->iocharset);