cdata->res.server_scope = NULL;
                }
                /* Save the EXCHANGE_ID verifier session trunk tests */
-               memcpy(clp->cl_confirm.data, cdata->args.verifier->data,
+               memcpy(clp->cl_confirm.data, cdata->args.verifier.data,
                       sizeof(clp->cl_confirm.data));
        }
 out:
 static int _nfs4_proc_exchange_id(struct nfs_client *clp, struct rpc_cred *cred,
                        u32 sp4_how, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
-       nfs4_verifier verifier;
        struct rpc_message msg = {
                .rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_EXCHANGE_ID],
                .rpc_cred = cred,
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       if (!xprt)
-               nfs4_init_boot_verifier(clp, &verifier);
+       nfs4_init_boot_verifier(clp, &calldata->args.verifier);
 
        status = nfs4_init_uniform_client_string(clp);
        if (status)
                task_setup_data.rpc_xprt = xprt;
                task_setup_data.flags =
                                RPC_TASK_SOFT|RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN|RPC_TASK_ASYNC;
-               calldata->args.verifier = &clp->cl_confirm;
-       } else {
-               calldata->args.verifier = &verifier;
+               memcpy(calldata->args.verifier.data, clp->cl_confirm.data,
+                               sizeof(calldata->args.verifier.data));
        }
        calldata->args.client = clp;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_1_MIGRATION
 
        int len = 0;
 
        encode_op_hdr(xdr, OP_EXCHANGE_ID, decode_exchange_id_maxsz, hdr);
-       encode_nfs4_verifier(xdr, args->verifier);
+       encode_nfs4_verifier(xdr, &args->verifier);
 
        encode_string(xdr, strlen(args->client->cl_owner_id),
                        args->client->cl_owner_id);