diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_hash.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_hash.h
index 98f5be243c8e..b06505d8620d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_hash.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_hash.h
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ struct cfs_hash_ops;
 struct cfs_hash_lock_ops;
 struct cfs_hash_hlist_ops;
 
-typedef union {
+union cfs_hash_lock {
 	rwlock_t		rw;		/**< rwlock */
 	spinlock_t		spin;		/**< spinlock */
-} cfs_hash_lock_t;
+};
 
 /**
  * cfs_hash_bucket is a container of:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ typedef union {
  * - some extra bytes (caller can require it while creating hash)
  */
 typedef struct cfs_hash_bucket {
-	cfs_hash_lock_t		hsb_lock;	/**< bucket lock */
+	union cfs_hash_lock	hsb_lock;	/**< bucket lock */
 	__u32			hsb_count;	/**< current entries */
 	__u32			hsb_version;	/**< change version */
 	unsigned int		hsb_index;	/**< index of bucket */
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ enum cfs_hash_tag {
 typedef struct cfs_hash {
 	/** serialize with rehash, or serialize all operations if
 	 * the hash-table has CFS_HASH_NO_BKTLOCK */
-	cfs_hash_lock_t	     hs_lock;
+	union cfs_hash_lock	     hs_lock;
 	/** hash operations */
 	struct cfs_hash_ops	*hs_ops;
 	/** hash lock operations */
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@ typedef struct cfs_hash {
 
 typedef struct cfs_hash_lock_ops {
 	/** lock the hash table */
-	void    (*hs_lock)(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive);
+	void    (*hs_lock)(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive);
 	/** unlock the hash table */
-	void    (*hs_unlock)(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive);
+	void    (*hs_unlock)(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive);
 	/** lock the hash bucket */
-	void    (*hs_bkt_lock)(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive);
+	void    (*hs_bkt_lock)(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive);
 	/** unlock the hash bucket */
-	void    (*hs_bkt_unlock)(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive);
+	void    (*hs_bkt_unlock)(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive);
 } cfs_hash_lock_ops_t;
 
 typedef struct cfs_hash_hlist_ops {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
index 29ce3807fc88..b0b8e3f81d51 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ CFS_MODULE_PARM(warn_on_depth, "i", uint, 0644,
 struct cfs_wi_sched *cfs_sched_rehash;
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_nl_lock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive) {}
+cfs_hash_nl_lock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive) {}
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_nl_unlock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive) {}
+cfs_hash_nl_unlock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive) {}
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_spin_lock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive)
+cfs_hash_spin_lock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive)
 {
 	spin_lock(&lock->spin);
 }
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_spin_unlock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive)
+cfs_hash_spin_unlock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive)
 {
 	spin_unlock(&lock->spin);
 }
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_rw_lock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive)
+cfs_hash_rw_lock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive)
 {
 	if (!exclusive)
 		read_lock(&lock->rw);
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ cfs_hash_rw_lock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive)
 }
 
 static inline void
-cfs_hash_rw_unlock(cfs_hash_lock_t *lock, int exclusive)
+cfs_hash_rw_unlock(union cfs_hash_lock *lock, int exclusive)
 {
 	if (!exclusive)
 		read_unlock(&lock->rw);