fh_dup2(current_fh, &resfh);
 
        /* set reply cache */
-       open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh_len = resfh.fh_handle.fh_size;
-       memcpy(open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh,
-                       &resfh.fh_handle.fh_base, resfh.fh_handle.fh_size);
-
+       fh_copy_shallow(&open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh,
+                       &resfh.fh_handle);
        if (!created)
                status = do_open_permission(rqstp, current_fh, open,
                                            NFSD_MAY_NOP);
        memset(&open->op_cinfo, 0, sizeof(struct nfsd4_change_info));
 
        /* set replay cache */
-       open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh_len = current_fh->fh_handle.fh_size;
-       memcpy(open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh,
-               ¤t_fh->fh_handle.fh_base,
-               current_fh->fh_handle.fh_size);
+       fh_copy_shallow(&open->op_stateowner->so_replay.rp_openfh,
+                       ¤t_fh->fh_handle);
 
        open->op_truncate = (open->op_iattr.ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
                (open->op_iattr.ia_size == 0);
        if (status == nfserr_replay_me) {
                struct nfs4_replay *rp = &open->op_stateowner->so_replay;
                fh_put(&cstate->current_fh);
-               cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_size = rp->rp_openfh_len;
-               memcpy(&cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_base, rp->rp_openfh,
-                               rp->rp_openfh_len);
+               fh_copy_shallow(&cstate->current_fh.fh_handle,
+                               &rp->rp_openfh);
                status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
                if (status)
                        dprintk("nfsd4_open: replay failed"
 
        return dst;
 }
 
+static inline void
+fh_copy_shallow(struct knfsd_fh *dst, struct knfsd_fh *src)
+{
+       dst->fh_size = src->fh_size;
+       memcpy(&dst->fh_base, &src->fh_base, src->fh_size);
+}
+
 static __inline__ struct svc_fh *
 fh_init(struct svc_fh *fhp, int maxsize)
 {