diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index d7b8fcd..30b17b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 };
 
 struct xprt_create {
-	int			proto;		/* IPPROTO_UDP or IPPROTO_TCP */
+	int			ident;		/* XPRT_TRANSPORT identifier */
 	struct sockaddr *	srcaddr;	/* optional local address */
 	struct sockaddr *	dstaddr;	/* remote peer address */
 	size_t			addrlen;
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@
 
 struct xprt_class {
 	struct list_head	list;
-	unsigned short		family;
-	int			protocol;
+	int			ident;		/* XPRT_TRANSPORT identifier */
 	struct rpc_xprt *	(*setup)(struct xprt_create *);
 	struct module		*owner;
 	char			name[32];
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
index 9bde770..2c6c2c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
 void		cleanup_socket_xprt(void);
 
 /*
+ * RPC transport identifiers for UDP, TCP
+ *
+ * To preserve compatibility with the historical use of raw IP protocol
+ * id's for transport selection, these are specified with the previous
+ * values. No such restriction exists for new transports, except that
+ * they may not collide with these values (17 and 6, respectively).
+ */
+#define XPRT_TRANSPORT_UDP	IPPROTO_UDP
+#define XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP	IPPROTO_TCP
+
+/*
  * RPC slot table sizes for UDP, TCP transports
  */
 extern unsigned int xprt_udp_slot_table_entries;