diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
index 3c3b66762521..c14015a9d3d7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ typedef struct {
 #define LNET_PROTO_TCP_VERSION_MINOR	0
 
 /* Acceptor connection request */
-typedef struct {
+struct lnet_acceptor_connreq {
 	__u32	acr_magic;		/* PTL_ACCEPTOR_PROTO_MAGIC */
 	__u32	acr_version;		/* protocol version */
 	__u64	acr_nid;		/* target NID */
-} WIRE_ATTR lnet_acceptor_connreq_t;
+} WIRE_ATTR;
 
 #define LNET_PROTO_ACCEPTOR_VERSION	1
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
index 8c50c99d82d5..a55c6cd6ff37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int
 lnet_connect(struct socket **sockp, lnet_nid_t peer_nid,
 	     __u32 local_ip, __u32 peer_ip, int peer_port)
 {
-	lnet_acceptor_connreq_t cr;
+	struct lnet_acceptor_connreq cr;
 	struct socket *sock;
 	int rc;
 	int port;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lnet_connect);
 static int
 lnet_accept(struct socket *sock, __u32 magic)
 {
-	lnet_acceptor_connreq_t cr;
+	struct lnet_acceptor_connreq cr;
 	__u32 peer_ip;
 	int peer_port;
 	int rc;
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ lnet_accept(struct socket *sock, __u32 magic)
 
 	rc = lnet_sock_read(sock, &cr.acr_nid,
 			    sizeof(cr) -
-			    offsetof(lnet_acceptor_connreq_t, acr_nid),
+			    offsetof(struct lnet_acceptor_connreq, acr_nid),
 			    accept_timeout);
 	if (rc) {
 		CERROR("Error %d reading connection request from %pI4h\n",