diff --git a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_subr.c b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_subr.c
index dcb1b7cd99ce..c33ebb046fb5 100644
--- a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_subr.c
+++ b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_subr.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ext2_checkoverlap(bp, ip)
 	for (ep = buf; ep < ebp; ep++) {
 		if (ep == bp || (ep->b_flags & B_INVAL))
 			continue;
-		vp = ip->i_devvp;
+		vp = ip->i_ump->um_devvp;
 		/* look for overlap */
 		if (ep->b_bcount == 0 || ep->b_blkno > last ||
 		    ep->b_blkno + btodb(ep->b_bcount) <= start)
diff --git a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
index 7690bb8c53bd..555a6e36d5b3 100644
--- a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
@@ -945,9 +945,8 @@ ext2_vget(struct mount *mp, ino_t ino, int flags, struct vnode **vpp)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Finish inode initialization now that aliasing has been resolved.
+	 * Finish inode initialization.
 	 */
-	ip->i_devvp = ump->um_devvp;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up a generation number for this inode if it does not
diff --git a/sys/fs/ext2fs/inode.h b/sys/fs/ext2fs/inode.h
index f352cdc161ad..4fd66019a78e 100644
--- a/sys/fs/ext2fs/inode.h
+++ b/sys/fs/ext2fs/inode.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
  */
 struct inode {
 	struct	vnode  *i_vnode;/* Vnode associated with this inode. */
-	struct	vnode  *i_devvp;/* Vnode for block I/O. */
 	struct	ext2mount *i_ump;
 	u_int32_t i_flag;	/* flags, see below */
 	ino_t	  i_number;	/* The identity of the inode. */
@@ -143,6 +142,9 @@ struct inode {
 #define	IN_SPACECOUNTED	0x0080		/* Blocks to be freed in free count. */
 #define IN_LAZYACCESS   0x0100		/* Process IN_ACCESS after the
 					    suspension finished */
+
+#define i_devvp i_ump->um_devvp
+
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 /*
  * Structure used to pass around logical block paths generated by