diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
index 987502ef008..d300d896551 100644
--- a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
@@ -24,19 +24,12 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
 /*
-  recovery daemon memdump reply address
+ * Structure to support SRVID requests and replies
  */
-struct rd_memdump_reply {
-	uint32_t pnn;
-	uint64_t srvid;
-};
-
-/*
-  description for a TAKEOVER_RUN message reply address
- */
-struct takeover_run_reply {
+struct srvid_request {
 	uint32_t pnn;
 	uint64_t srvid;
+	uint32_t data;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
index c23477d1641..acd68c834da 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void ctdb_health_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, int status, void *p)
 	uint32_t next_interval;
 	int ret;
 	TDB_DATA rddata;
-	struct takeover_run_reply rd;
+	struct srvid_request rd;
 	const char *state_str = NULL;
 
 	c.pnn = ctdb->pnn;
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
index 2d01e050ab8..ef80defa891 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct reloadips_all_reply *reload_all_ips_request = NULL;
 */
 struct ip_reallocate_list {
 	struct ip_reallocate_list *next;
-	struct rd_memdump_reply *rd;
+	struct srvid_request *rd;
 };
 
 struct ctdb_banning_state {
@@ -2162,14 +2162,14 @@ static void mem_dump_handler(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, uint64_t srvid,
 	TALLOC_CTX *tmp_ctx = talloc_new(ctdb);
 	TDB_DATA *dump;
 	int ret;
-	struct rd_memdump_reply *rd;
+	struct srvid_request *rd;
 
-	if (data.dsize != sizeof(struct rd_memdump_reply)) {
+	if (data.dsize != sizeof(struct srvid_request)) {
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR, (__location__ " Wrong size of return address.\n"));
 		talloc_free(tmp_ctx);
 		return;
 	}
-	rd = (struct rd_memdump_reply *)data.dptr;
+	rd = (struct srvid_request *)data.dptr;
 
 	dump = talloc_zero(tmp_ctx, TDB_DATA);
 	if (dump == NULL) {
@@ -2441,9 +2441,9 @@ reload_all_ips(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, struct ctdb_recoverd *rec, struct ctdb
 
 
 /*
-  handler for ip reallocate, just add it to the list of callers and 
+  handler for ip reallocate, just add it to the list of requests and 
   handle this later in the monitor_cluster loop so we do not recurse
-  with other callers to takeover_run()
+  with other requests to takeover_run()
 */
 static void ip_reallocate_handler(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, uint64_t srvid, 
 			     TDB_DATA data, void *private_data)
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ static void ip_reallocate_handler(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, uint64_t srvid,
 	struct ctdb_recoverd *rec = talloc_get_type(private_data, struct ctdb_recoverd);
 	struct ip_reallocate_list *caller;
 
-	if (data.dsize != sizeof(struct rd_memdump_reply)) {
+	if (data.dsize != sizeof(struct srvid_request)) {
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR, (__location__ " Wrong size of return address.\n"));
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2464,7 +2464,7 @@ static void ip_reallocate_handler(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, uint64_t srvid,
 	caller = talloc(rec->ip_reallocate_ctx, struct ip_reallocate_list);
 	CTDB_NO_MEMORY_FATAL(ctdb, caller);
 
-	caller->rd   = (struct rd_memdump_reply *)talloc_steal(caller, data.dptr);
+	caller->rd   = (struct srvid_request *)talloc_steal(caller, data.dptr);
 	caller->next = rec->reallocate_callers;
 	rec->reallocate_callers = caller;
 
@@ -3112,7 +3112,7 @@ static int verify_local_ip_allocation(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, struct ctdb_rec
 	}
 
 	if (need_takeover_run) {
-		struct takeover_run_reply rd;
+		struct srvid_request rd;
 		TDB_DATA data;
 
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_CRIT,("Trigger takeoverrun\n"));
diff --git a/ctdb/tools/ctdb.c b/ctdb/tools/ctdb.c
index 6ca340770fb..db4b1d31f23 100644
--- a/ctdb/tools/ctdb.c
+++ b/ctdb/tools/ctdb.c
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ static int ipreallocate(struct ctdb_context *ctdb)
 {
 	int ret;
 	TDB_DATA data;
-	struct takeover_run_reply rd;
+	struct srvid_request rd;
 	struct timeval tv;
 
 	/* Time ticks to enable timeouts to be processed */
@@ -2015,6 +2015,7 @@ static int ipreallocate(struct ctdb_context *ctdb)
 
 	rd.pnn = ctdb_get_pnn(ctdb);
 	rd.srvid = getpid();
+	rd.data = 0;
 
 	/* Register message port for reply from recovery master */
 	ctdb_client_set_message_handler(ctdb, rd.srvid, ip_reallocate_handler, NULL);
@@ -5713,7 +5714,7 @@ static int control_rddumpmemory(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, int argc, const char
 {
 	int ret;
 	TDB_DATA data;
-	struct rd_memdump_reply rd;
+	struct srvid_request rd;
 
 	rd.pnn = ctdb_get_pnn(ctdb);
 	rd.srvid = getpid();