} __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 union ceph_mds_request_args_ext {
-       union {
-               union ceph_mds_request_args old;
-               struct {
-                       __le32 mode;
-                       __le32 uid;
-                       __le32 gid;
-                       struct ceph_timespec mtime;
-                       struct ceph_timespec atime;
-                       __le64 size, old_size;       /* old_size needed by truncate */
-                       __le32 mask;                 /* CEPH_SETATTR_* */
-                       struct ceph_timespec btime;
-               } __attribute__ ((packed)) setattr_ext;
-       };
+       union ceph_mds_request_args old;
+       struct {
+               __le32 mode;
+               __le32 uid;
+               __le32 gid;
+               struct ceph_timespec mtime;
+               struct ceph_timespec atime;
+               __le64 size, old_size;       /* old_size needed by truncate */
+               __le32 mask;                 /* CEPH_SETATTR_* */
+               struct ceph_timespec btime;
+       } __attribute__ ((packed)) setattr_ext;
 };
 
 #define CEPH_MDS_FLAG_REPLAY           1 /* this is a replayed op */