diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 953fa134cd3d..909dbe6111bf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -6497,7 +6497,8 @@ static int rbd_add_parse_args(const char *buf,
 	pctx.opts->exclusive = RBD_EXCLUSIVE_DEFAULT;
 	pctx.opts->trim = RBD_TRIM_DEFAULT;
 
-	ret = ceph_parse_mon_ips(mon_addrs, mon_addrs_size, pctx.copts, NULL);
+	ret = ceph_parse_mon_ips(mon_addrs, mon_addrs_size, pctx.copts, NULL,
+				 ',');
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_err;
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index bab61232dc5a..c444371ebc38 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int ceph_parse_source(struct fs_parameter *param, struct fs_context *fc)
 		dout("server path '%s'\n", fsopt->server_path);
 
 	ret = ceph_parse_mon_ips(param->string, dev_name_end - dev_name,
-				 pctx->copts, fc->log.log);
+				 pctx->copts, fc->log.log, ',');
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h b/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
index 409d8c29bc4f..c72285d8594e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct fs_parameter;
 struct fc_log;
 struct ceph_options *ceph_alloc_options(void);
 int ceph_parse_mon_ips(const char *buf, size_t len, struct ceph_options *opt,
-		       struct fc_log *l);
+		       struct fc_log *l, char delim);
 int ceph_parse_param(struct fs_parameter *param, struct ceph_options *opt,
 		     struct fc_log *l);
 int ceph_print_client_options(struct seq_file *m, struct ceph_client *client,
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 0e6e9ad3c3bf..ff99ce094cfa 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ extern const char *ceph_pr_addr(const struct ceph_entity_addr *addr);
 
 extern int ceph_parse_ips(const char *c, const char *end,
 			  struct ceph_entity_addr *addr,
-			  int max_count, int *count);
+			  int max_count, int *count, char delim);
 
 extern int ceph_msgr_init(void);
 extern void ceph_msgr_exit(void);
diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 97d6ea763e32..851b0c4c5730 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -422,14 +422,14 @@ out:
 }
 
 int ceph_parse_mon_ips(const char *buf, size_t len, struct ceph_options *opt,
-		       struct fc_log *l)
+		       struct fc_log *l, char delim)
 {
 	struct p_log log = {.prefix = "libceph", .log = l};
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ip1[:port1][,ip2[:port2]...] */
+	/* ip1[:port1][<delim>ip2[:port2]...] */
 	ret = ceph_parse_ips(buf, buf + len, opt->mon_addr, CEPH_MAX_MON,
-			     &opt->num_mon);
+			     &opt->num_mon, delim);
 	if (ret) {
 		error_plog(&log, "Failed to parse monitor IPs: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -455,8 +455,7 @@ int ceph_parse_param(struct fs_parameter *param, struct ceph_options *opt,
 	case Opt_ip:
 		err = ceph_parse_ips(param->string,
 				     param->string + param->size,
-				     &opt->my_addr,
-				     1, NULL);
+				     &opt->my_addr, 1, NULL, ',');
 		if (err) {
 			error_plog(&log, "Failed to parse ip: %d", err);
 			return err;
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 57d043b382ed..929ed91f2ec3 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -1267,30 +1267,31 @@ static int ceph_parse_server_name(const char *name, size_t namelen,
  */
 int ceph_parse_ips(const char *c, const char *end,
 		   struct ceph_entity_addr *addr,
-		   int max_count, int *count)
+		   int max_count, int *count, char delim)
 {
 	int i, ret = -EINVAL;
 	const char *p = c;
 
 	dout("parse_ips on '%.*s'\n", (int)(end-c), c);
 	for (i = 0; i < max_count; i++) {
+		char cur_delim = delim;
 		const char *ipend;
 		int port;
-		char delim = ',';
 
 		if (*p == '[') {
-			delim = ']';
+			cur_delim = ']';
 			p++;
 		}
 
-		ret = ceph_parse_server_name(p, end - p, &addr[i], delim, &ipend);
+		ret = ceph_parse_server_name(p, end - p, &addr[i], cur_delim,
+					     &ipend);
 		if (ret)
 			goto bad;
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
 		p = ipend;
 
-		if (delim == ']') {
+		if (cur_delim == ']') {
 			if (*p != ']') {
 				dout("missing matching ']'\n");
 				goto bad;
@@ -1326,11 +1327,11 @@ int ceph_parse_ips(const char *c, const char *end,
 		addr[i].type = CEPH_ENTITY_ADDR_TYPE_LEGACY;
 		addr[i].nonce = 0;
 
-		dout("parse_ips got %s\n", ceph_pr_addr(&addr[i]));
+		dout("%s got %s\n", __func__, ceph_pr_addr(&addr[i]));
 
 		if (p == end)
 			break;
-		if (*p != ',')
+		if (*p != delim)
 			goto bad;
 		p++;
 	}