static int chunk_io(struct pstore *ps, chunk_t chunk, int rw, int metadata)
 {
        struct dm_io_region where = {
-               .bdev = ps->snap->cow->bdev,
+               .bdev = ps->snap->store->cow->bdev,
                .sector = ps->snap->store->chunk_size * chunk,
                .count = ps->snap->store->chunk_size,
        };
 static int zero_disk_area(struct pstore *ps, chunk_t area)
 {
        struct dm_io_region where = {
-               .bdev = ps->snap->cow->bdev,
+               .bdev = ps->snap->store->cow->bdev,
                .sector = ps->snap->store->chunk_size * area_location(ps, area),
                .count = ps->snap->store->chunk_size,
        };
         */
        if (!ps->snap->store->chunk_size) {
                ps->snap->store->chunk_size = max(DM_CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT_SECTORS,
-                   bdev_hardsect_size(ps->snap->cow->bdev) >> 9);
+                   bdev_hardsect_size(ps->snap->store->cow->bdev) >> 9);
                ps->snap->store->chunk_mask = ps->snap->store->chunk_size - 1;
                ps->snap->store->chunk_shift = ffs(ps->snap->store->chunk_size)
                                               - 1;
                                     sector_t *numerator, sector_t *denominator)
 {
        *numerator = get_info(store)->next_free * store->chunk_size;
-       *denominator = get_dev_size(store->snap->cow->bdev);
+       *denominator = get_dev_size(store->cow->bdev);
 }
 
 static void persistent_dtr(struct dm_exception_store *store)
        struct pstore *ps = get_info(store);
        uint32_t stride;
        chunk_t next_free;
-       sector_t size = get_dev_size(store->snap->cow->bdev);
+       sector_t size = get_dev_size(store->cow->bdev);
 
        /* Is there enough room ? */
        if (size < ((ps->next_free + 1) * store->chunk_size))
 
 /*
  * Allocate room for a suitable hash table.
  */
-static int init_hash_tables(struct dm_snapshot *s, chunk_t chunk_shift)
+static int init_hash_tables(struct dm_snapshot *s, chunk_t chunk_shift,
+                           struct dm_dev *cow)
 {
        sector_t hash_size, cow_dev_size, origin_dev_size, max_buckets;
 
         * Calculate based on the size of the original volume or
         * the COW volume...
         */
-       cow_dev_size = get_dev_size(s->cow->bdev);
+       cow_dev_size = get_dev_size(cow->bdev);
        origin_dev_size = get_dev_size(s->origin->bdev);
        max_buckets = calc_max_buckets();
 
 
 static int set_chunk_size(struct dm_snapshot *s, const char *chunk_size_arg,
                          chunk_t *chunk_size, chunk_t *chunk_mask,
-                         chunk_t *chunk_shift, char **error)
+                         chunk_t *chunk_shift, struct dm_dev *cow,
+                         char **error)
 {
        unsigned long chunk_size_ulong;
        char *value;
        }
 
        /* Validate the chunk size against the device block size */
-       if (chunk_size_ulong % (bdev_hardsect_size(s->cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
+       if (chunk_size_ulong % (bdev_hardsect_size(cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
                *error = "Chunk size is not a multiple of device blocksize";
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        char *origin_path;
        char *cow_path;
        chunk_t chunk_size, chunk_mask, chunk_shift;
+       struct dm_dev *cow;
 
        if (argc != 4) {
                ti->error = "requires exactly 4 arguments";
        }
 
        r = dm_get_device(ti, cow_path, 0, 0,
-                         FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, &s->cow);
+                         FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, &cow);
        if (r) {
                dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
                ti->error = "Cannot get COW device";
        }
 
        r = set_chunk_size(s, argv[3], &chunk_size, &chunk_mask, &chunk_shift,
-                          &ti->error);
+                          cow, &ti->error);
        if (r)
                goto bad3;
 
        spin_lock_init(&s->pe_lock);
 
        /* Allocate hash table for COW data */
-       if (init_hash_tables(s, chunk_shift)) {
+       if (init_hash_tables(s, chunk_shift, cow)) {
                ti->error = "Unable to allocate hash table space";
                r = -ENOMEM;
                goto bad3;
        }
 
        r = dm_exception_store_create(argv[2], ti, chunk_size, chunk_mask,
-                                     chunk_shift, &s->store);
+                                     chunk_shift, cow, &s->store);
        if (r) {
                ti->error = "Couldn't create exception store";
                r = -EINVAL;
        exit_exception_table(&s->complete, exception_cache);
 
  bad3:
-       dm_put_device(ti, s->cow);
+       dm_put_device(ti, cow);
        dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
 
  bad2:
        int i;
 #endif
        struct dm_snapshot *s = ti->private;
+       struct dm_dev *cow = s->store->cow;
 
        flush_workqueue(ksnapd);
 
        mempool_destroy(s->pending_pool);
 
        dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
-       dm_put_device(ti, s->cow);
+       dm_put_device(ti, cow);
 
        kfree(s);
 }
        src.sector = chunk_to_sector(s, pe->e.old_chunk);
        src.count = min(s->store->chunk_size, dev_size - src.sector);
 
-       dest.bdev = s->cow->bdev;
+       dest.bdev = s->store->cow->bdev;
        dest.sector = chunk_to_sector(s, pe->e.new_chunk);
        dest.count = src.count;
 
 static void remap_exception(struct dm_snapshot *s, struct dm_snap_exception *e,
                            struct bio *bio, chunk_t chunk)
 {
-       bio->bi_bdev = s->cow->bdev;
+       bio->bi_bdev = s->store->cow->bdev;
        bio->bi_sector = chunk_to_sector(s, dm_chunk_number(e->new_chunk) +
                         (chunk - e->old_chunk)) +
                         (bio->bi_sector & s->store->chunk_mask);
                 * make sense.
                 */
                snprintf(result, maxlen, "%s %s %s %llu",
-                        snap->origin->name, snap->cow->name,
+                        snap->origin->name, snap->store->cow->name,
                         snap->store->type->name,
                         (unsigned long long)snap->store->chunk_size);
                break;