diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.h
index d30ee7498606..428e81f0e27e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.h
@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@ typedef struct xfs_btree_block {
 	} bb_u;				/* rest */
 } xfs_btree_block_t;
 
+/*
+ * Generic key, ptr and record wrapper structures.
+ *
+ * These are disk format structures, and are converted where necessary
+ * by the btree specific code that needs to interpret them.
+ */
+union xfs_btree_ptr {
+	__be32			s;	/* short form ptr */
+	__be64			l;	/* long form ptr */
+};
+
+union xfs_btree_key {
+	xfs_bmbt_key_t		bmbt;
+	xfs_bmdr_key_t		bmbr;	/* bmbt root block */
+	xfs_alloc_key_t		alloc;
+	xfs_inobt_key_t		inobt;
+};
+
+union xfs_btree_rec {
+	xfs_bmbt_rec_t		bmbt;
+	xfs_bmdr_rec_t		bmbr;	/* bmbt root block */
+	xfs_alloc_rec_t		alloc;
+	xfs_inobt_rec_t		inobt;
+};
+
 /*
  * For logging record fields.
  */