diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 9dd6b83..84edfc6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
@@ -884,8 +883,8 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_session_open_msg(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, u6
 	void *p;
 
 	const char* metadata[][2] = {
-		{"hostname", utsname()->nodename},
-		{"kernel_version", utsname()->release},
+		{"hostname", mdsc->nodename},
+		{"kernel_version", init_utsname()->release},
 		{"entity_id", opt->name ? : ""},
 		{"root", fsopt->server_path ? : "/"},
 		{NULL, NULL}
@@ -3539,6 +3538,8 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 	init_rwsem(&mdsc->pool_perm_rwsem);
 	mdsc->pool_perm_tree = RB_ROOT;
 
+	strncpy(mdsc->nodename, utsname()->nodename,
+		sizeof(mdsc->nodename) - 1);
 	return 0;
 }