diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 1b5ff51faa63..2a9e9facf44f 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int pblk_line_init_metadata(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	bitmap_set(line->lun_bitmap, 0, lm->lun_bitmap_len);
 
 	smeta_buf->header.identifier = cpu_to_le32(PBLK_MAGIC);
-	memcpy(smeta_buf->header.uuid, pblk->instance_uuid, 16);
+	guid_copy((guid_t *)&smeta_buf->header.uuid, &pblk->instance_uuid);
 	smeta_buf->header.id = cpu_to_le32(line->id);
 	smeta_buf->header.type = cpu_to_le16(line->type);
 	smeta_buf->header.version_major = SMETA_VERSION_MAJOR;
@@ -1874,7 +1874,8 @@ void pblk_line_close_meta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(emeta_buf->header.identifier) != PBLK_MAGIC) {
 		emeta_buf->header.identifier = cpu_to_le32(PBLK_MAGIC);
-		memcpy(emeta_buf->header.uuid, pblk->instance_uuid, 16);
+		guid_copy((guid_t *)&emeta_buf->header.uuid,
+							&pblk->instance_uuid);
 		emeta_buf->header.id = cpu_to_le32(line->id);
 		emeta_buf->header.type = cpu_to_le16(line->type);
 		emeta_buf->header.version_major = EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index eb0135c77805..8b643d0bffae 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int pblk_l2p_recover(struct pblk *pblk, bool factory_init)
 	struct pblk_line *line = NULL;
 
 	if (factory_init) {
-		pblk_setup_uuid(pblk);
+		guid_gen(&pblk->instance_uuid);
 	} else {
 		line = pblk_recov_l2p(pblk);
 		if (IS_ERR(line)) {
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 5ee20da7bdb3..6761d2afa4d0 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -703,11 +703,13 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 
 		/* The first valid instance uuid is used for initialization */
 		if (!valid_uuid) {
-			memcpy(pblk->instance_uuid, smeta_buf->header.uuid, 16);
+			guid_copy(&pblk->instance_uuid,
+				  (guid_t *)&smeta_buf->header.uuid);
 			valid_uuid = 1;
 		}
 
-		if (memcmp(pblk->instance_uuid, smeta_buf->header.uuid, 16)) {
+		if (!guid_equal(&pblk->instance_uuid,
+				(guid_t *)&smeta_buf->header.uuid)) {
 			pblk_debug(pblk, "ignore line %u due to uuid mismatch\n",
 					i);
 			continue;
@@ -737,7 +739,7 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 	}
 
 	if (!found_lines) {
-		pblk_setup_uuid(pblk);
+		guid_gen(&pblk->instance_uuid);
 
 		spin_lock(&l_mg->free_lock);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_and_clear_bit(meta_line,
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 0dd697ea201e..72ae8755764e 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ struct pblk {
 
 	int sec_per_write;
 
-	unsigned char instance_uuid[16];
+	guid_t instance_uuid;
 
 	/* Persistent write amplification counters, 4kb sector I/Os */
 	atomic64_t user_wa;		/* Sectors written by user */
@@ -1360,14 +1360,6 @@ static inline unsigned int pblk_get_secs(struct bio *bio)
 	return  bio->bi_iter.bi_size / PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
-static inline void pblk_setup_uuid(struct pblk *pblk)
-{
-	uuid_le uuid;
-
-	uuid_le_gen(&uuid);
-	memcpy(pblk->instance_uuid, uuid.b, 16);
-}
-
 static inline char *pblk_disk_name(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = pblk->disk;