diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index 1c8a431958867a845ffbb2e760b366d911db3465..e14c210bb7c6fa576ef43bac99d2986047e7947a 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ Bugzilla   : 12836
 Description: lfs find on -1 stripe looping in lsm_lmm_verify_common()
 Details    : Avoid lov_verify_lmm_common() on directory with -1 stripe count.
 
+Severity   : normal
+Bugzilla   : 11248
+Description: merge and cleanup kernel patches.
+Details    : Remove mnt_lustre_list in vfs_intent-2.6-rhel4.patch.
+
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 2007-08-27         Cluster File Systems, Inc. <info@clusterfs.com>
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6-rhel4.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6-rhel4.patch
index 1e659f5534541bb96de318857bcac361b2840b21..0b8f12f60557b20471306cbb7816706b1d14fea9 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6-rhel4.patch
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6-rhel4.patch
@@ -581,14 +581,6 @@ diff -rup RH_2_6_9_55.orig/fs/namei.c RH_2_6_9_55/fs/namei.c
 diff -urNp RH_2_6_9_42_0_3.orig/fs/namespace.c RH_2_6_9_42_0_3/fs/namespace.c
 --- RH_2_6_9_42_0_3.orig/fs/namespace.c
 +++ RH_2_6_9_42_0_3/fs/namespace.c
-@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_mounts);
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_list);
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_fslink);
-+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_lustre_list);
- 		if (name) {
- 			int size = strlen(name)+1;
- 			char *newname = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 @@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ static inline int check_mnt(struct vfsmo
  
  static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct nameidata *old_nd)
@@ -1344,11 +1336,10 @@ diff -rup RH_2_6_9_55.orig/include/linux/fs.h RH_2_6_9_55/include/linux/fs.h
 diff -rup RH_2_6_9_55.orig/include/linux/mount.h RH_2_6_9_55/include/linux/mount.h
 --- RH_2_6_9_55.orig/include/linux/mount.h
 +++ RH_2_6_9_55/include/linux/mount.h
-@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct vfsmount
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct vfsmount
  	struct list_head mnt_list;
  	struct list_head mnt_fslink;	/* link in fs-specific expiry list */
  	struct namespace *mnt_namespace; /* containing namespace */
-+	struct list_head mnt_lustre_list; /* GNS mount list */
 +	unsigned long mnt_last_used;	/* for GNS auto-umount (jiffies) */
  };