};
 
 struct nsm_args {
-       __be32                  addr;           /* remote address */
+       struct nsm_private      *priv;
        u32                     prog;           /* RPC callback info */
        u32                     vers;
        u32                     proc;
        struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
        int             status;
        struct nsm_args args = {
-               .addr           = nsm_addr_in(nsm)->sin_addr.s_addr,
+               .priv           = &nsm->sm_priv,
                .prog           = NLM_PROGRAM,
                .vers           = 3,
                .proc           = NLMPROC_NSM_NOTIFY,
  * The "priv" argument may contain private information required
  * by the NSMPROC_MON call. This information will be supplied in the
  * NLMPROC_SM_NOTIFY call.
- *
- * Linux provides the raw IP address of the monitored host,
- * left in network byte order.
  */
 static int encode_priv(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const struct nsm_args *argp)
 {
        p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, SM_PRIV_SIZE);
        if (unlikely(p == NULL))
                return -EIO;
-       *p++ = argp->addr;
-       *p++ = 0;
-       *p++ = 0;
-       *p++ = 0;
+       xdr_encode_opaque_fixed(p, argp->priv->data, SM_PRIV_SIZE);
        return 0;
 }