* @lower_dir_inode: inode of the parent in the lower fs of the new file
  * @dentry: New file's dentry
  * @mode: The mode of the new file
- * @nd: nameidata of ecryptfs' parent's dentry & vfsmount
  *
  * Creates the file in the lower file system.
  *
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_create_underlying_file(struct inode *lower_dir_inode,
-                               struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-                               struct nameidata *nd)
+                               struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
        struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
-       struct vfsmount *lower_mnt = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry);
-       struct dentry *dentry_save;
-       struct vfsmount *vfsmount_save;
-       unsigned int flags_save;
-       int rc;
-
-       if (nd) {
-               dentry_save = nd->path.dentry;
-               vfsmount_save = nd->path.mnt;
-               flags_save = nd->flags;
-               nd->path.dentry = lower_dentry;
-               nd->path.mnt = lower_mnt;
-               nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_OPEN;
-       }
-       rc = vfs_create(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry, mode, nd);
-       if (nd) {
-               nd->path.dentry = dentry_save;
-               nd->path.mnt = vfsmount_save;
-               nd->flags = flags_save;
-       }
-       return rc;
+       return vfs_create(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry, mode, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
-                  struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry, int mode,
-                  struct nameidata *nd)
+                  struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry, int mode)
 {
        int rc;
        struct dentry *lower_dentry;
                goto out;
        }
        rc = ecryptfs_create_underlying_file(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode,
-                                            ecryptfs_dentry, mode, nd);
+                                            ecryptfs_dentry, mode);
        if (rc) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failure to create dentry in lower fs; "
                       "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
        int rc;
 
        /* ecryptfs_do_create() calls ecryptfs_interpose() */
-       rc = ecryptfs_do_create(directory_inode, ecryptfs_dentry, mode, nd);
+       rc = ecryptfs_do_create(directory_inode, ecryptfs_dentry, mode);
        if (unlikely(rc)) {
                ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to create file in"
                                "lower filesystem\n");