diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 54b50452ec1e..d40658d5e808 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -214,6 +214,26 @@ static match_table_t fsopt_tokens = {
 	{-1, NULL}
 };
 
+/*
+ * Remove adjacent slashes and then the trailing slash, unless it is
+ * the only remaining character.
+ *
+ * E.g. "//dir1////dir2///" --> "/dir1/dir2", "///" --> "/".
+ */
+static void canonicalize_path(char *path)
+{
+	int i, j = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; path[i] != '\0'; i++) {
+		if (path[i] != '/' || j < 1 || path[j - 1] != '/')
+			path[j++] = path[i];
+	}
+
+	if (j > 1 && path[j - 1] == '/')
+		j--;
+	path[j] = '\0';
+}
+
 static int parse_fsopt_token(char *c, void *private)
 {
 	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt = private;
@@ -429,73 +449,6 @@ static int strcmp_null(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 	return strcmp(s1, s2);
 }
 
-/**
- * path_remove_extra_slash - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
- * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
- *
- * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
- * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
- * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
- * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
- */
-static char *path_remove_extra_slash(const char *server_path)
-{
-	const char *path = server_path;
-	const char *cur, *end;
-	char *buf, *p;
-	int len;
-
-	/* if the server path is omitted */
-	if (!path)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* remove all the leading slashes */
-	while (*path == '/')
-		path++;
-
-	/* if the server path only consists of slashes */
-	if (*path == '\0')
-		return NULL;
-
-	len = strlen(path);
-
-	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	end = path + len;
-	p = buf;
-	do {
-		cur = strchr(path, '/');
-		if (!cur)
-			cur = end;
-
-		len = cur - path;
-
-		/* including one '/' */
-		if (cur != end)
-			len += 1;
-
-		memcpy(p, path, len);
-		p += len;
-
-		while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
-			cur++;
-		path = cur;
-	} while (path < end);
-
-	*p = '\0';
-
-	/*
-	 * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
-	 * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
-	 */
-	if (*(--p) == '/')
-		*p = '\0';
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
 static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 				 struct ceph_options *new_opt,
 				 struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
@@ -503,7 +456,6 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt1 = new_fsopt;
 	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt2 = fsc->mount_options;
 	int ofs = offsetof(struct ceph_mount_options, snapdir_name);
-	char *p1, *p2;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = memcmp(fsopt1, fsopt2, ofs);
@@ -513,21 +465,12 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->snapdir_name, fsopt2->snapdir_name);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+
 	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->mds_namespace, fsopt2->mds_namespace);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	p1 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt1->server_path);
-	if (IS_ERR(p1))
-		return PTR_ERR(p1);
-	p2 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt2->server_path);
-	if (IS_ERR(p2)) {
-		kfree(p1);
-		return PTR_ERR(p2);
-	}
-	ret = strcmp_null(p1, p2);
-	kfree(p1);
-	kfree(p2);
+	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->server_path, fsopt2->server_path);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -595,6 +538,8 @@ static int parse_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options **pfsopt,
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		canonicalize_path(fsopt->server_path);
 	} else {
 		dev_name_end = dev_name + strlen(dev_name);
 	}
@@ -1022,7 +967,9 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 	mutex_lock(&fsc->client->mount_mutex);
 
 	if (!fsc->sb->s_root) {
-		const char *path, *p;
+		const char *path = fsc->mount_options->server_path ?
+				     fsc->mount_options->server_path + 1 : "";
+
 		err = __ceph_open_session(fsc->client, started);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto out;
@@ -1034,22 +981,11 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 				goto out;
 		}
 
-		p = path_remove_extra_slash(fsc->mount_options->server_path);
-		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(p);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		/* if the server path is omitted or just consists of '/' */
-		if (!p)
-			path = "";
-		else
-			path = p;
 		dout("mount opening path '%s'\n", path);
 
 		ceph_fs_debugfs_init(fsc);
 
 		root = open_root_dentry(fsc, path, started);
-		kfree(p);
 		if (IS_ERR(root)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(root);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index f98d9247f9cb..bb12c9f3a218 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct ceph_mount_options {
 
 	char *snapdir_name;   /* default ".snap" */
 	char *mds_namespace;  /* default NULL */
-	char *server_path;    /* default  "/" */
+	char *server_path;    /* default NULL (means "/") */
 	char *fscache_uniq;   /* default NULL */
 };