diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index f84128abade3..bec85c054522 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3957,8 +3957,12 @@ static int find_watcher(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev,
 
 	sscanf(locker->id.cookie, RBD_LOCK_COOKIE_PREFIX " %llu", &cookie);
 	for (i = 0; i < num_watchers; i++) {
-		if (!memcmp(&watchers[i].addr, &locker->info.addr,
-			    sizeof(locker->info.addr)) &&
+		/*
+		 * Ignore addr->type while comparing.  This mimics
+		 * entity_addr_t::get_legacy_str() + strcmp().
+		 */
+		if (ceph_addr_equal_no_type(&watchers[i].addr,
+					    &locker->info.addr) &&
 		    watchers[i].cookie == cookie) {
 			struct rbd_client_id cid = {
 				.gid = le64_to_cpu(watchers[i].name.num),
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/msgr.h b/include/linux/ceph/msgr.h
index 46939485f2c3..9a897a60f20b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/msgr.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/msgr.h
@@ -52,11 +52,18 @@ extern const char *ceph_entity_type_name(int type);
  * entity_addr -- network address
  */
 struct ceph_entity_addr {
-	__le32 type;
+	__le32 type;  /* CEPH_ENTITY_ADDR_TYPE_* */
 	__le32 nonce;  /* unique id for process (e.g. pid) */
 	struct sockaddr_storage in_addr;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
+static inline bool ceph_addr_equal_no_type(const struct ceph_entity_addr *lhs,
+					   const struct ceph_entity_addr *rhs)
+{
+	return !memcmp(&lhs->in_addr, &rhs->in_addr, sizeof(lhs->in_addr)) &&
+	       lhs->nonce == rhs->nonce;
+}
+
 struct ceph_entity_inst {
 	struct ceph_entity_name name;
 	struct ceph_entity_addr addr;
diff --git a/net/ceph/mon_client.c b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
index a9754a7fa78c..f5f090b4e409 100644
--- a/net/ceph/mon_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@ int ceph_monmap_contains(struct ceph_monmap *m, struct ceph_entity_addr *addr)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < m->num_mon; i++)
-		if (memcmp(addr, &m->mon_inst[i].addr, sizeof(*addr)) == 0)
+	for (i = 0; i < m->num_mon; i++) {
+		if (ceph_addr_equal_no_type(addr, &m->mon_inst[i].addr))
 			return 1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }