diff --git a/fs/coda/cnode.c b/fs/coda/cnode.c
index e2dcf2addf3f727377ead91bcc6900c07ccaad62..06855f6c79020cbec900511758e7b268b3fe30e1 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cnode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cnode.c
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ struct inode *coda_fid_to_inode(struct CodaFid *fid, struct super_block *sb)
 	return inode;
 }
 
+struct coda_file_info *coda_ftoc(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct coda_file_info *cfi = file->private_data;
+
+	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+
+	return cfi;
+
+}
+
 /* the CONTROL inode is made without asking attributes from Venus */
 struct inode *coda_cnode_makectl(struct super_block *sb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h b/fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h
index d702ba1a2bf955ada7776ec14082c1e8f65b6176..c99d574d1c430b34a29ec148764d53540178f20e 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ struct coda_file_info {
 	unsigned int	   cfi_mapcount;  /* nr of times this file is mapped */
 };
 
-#define CODA_FTOC(file) ((struct coda_file_info *)((file)->private_data))
-
 /* flags */
 #define C_VATTR       0x1   /* Validity of vattr in inode */
 #define C_FLUSH       0x2   /* used after a flush */
@@ -54,6 +52,7 @@ struct inode *coda_cnode_make(struct CodaFid *, struct super_block *);
 struct inode *coda_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, struct coda_vattr *attr);
 struct inode *coda_cnode_makectl(struct super_block *sb);
 struct inode *coda_fid_to_inode(struct CodaFid *fid, struct super_block *sb);
+struct coda_file_info *coda_ftoc(struct file *file);
 void coda_replace_fid(struct inode *, struct CodaFid *, struct CodaFid *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 716a0b932ec0763fe2b0803241d00c09f6c3222a..ca40c2556ba6e94ea9a5104afbd8abbbfc814c78 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	ino_t ino;
 	int ret;
 
-	cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 
 	cii = ITOC(file_inode(coda_file));
@@ -426,8 +425,7 @@ static int coda_readdir(struct file *coda_file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct file *host_file;
 	int ret;
 
-	cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 
 	if (host_file->f_op->iterate || host_file->f_op->iterate_shared) {
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index a6b32c883a50e88bf534be9305680f0f6bb162e0..0dbd13ab72e39c052b6e7707b60b7f4e2bf54c96 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ static ssize_t
 coda_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
 	struct file *coda_file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct coda_file_info *cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	struct coda_file_info *cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 
 	return vfs_iter_read(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0);
 }
@@ -49,12 +47,10 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
 	struct file *coda_file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *coda_inode = file_inode(coda_file);
-	struct coda_file_info *cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
+	struct coda_file_info *cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 	struct file *host_file;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
-
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 	file_start_write(host_file);
 	inode_lock(coda_inode);
@@ -105,8 +101,7 @@ coda_file_mmap(struct file *coda_file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct coda_vm_ops *cvm_ops;
 	int ret;
 
-	cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 
 	if (!host_file->f_op->mmap)
@@ -208,8 +203,7 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *coda_inode, struct file *coda_file)
 	struct inode *host_inode;
 	int err;
 
-	cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 
 	err = venus_close(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode),
 			  coda_flags, coda_file->f_cred->fsuid);
@@ -251,8 +245,7 @@ int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		return err;
 	inode_lock(coda_inode);
 
-	cfi = CODA_FTOC(coda_file);
-	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
+	cfi = coda_ftoc(coda_file);
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 
 	err = vfs_fsync(host_file, datasync);