diff --git a/gfapi/fd.go b/gfapi/fd.go
index 9c8296a..4e51f09 100644
--- a/gfapi/fd.go
+++ b/gfapi/fd.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package gfapi
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 // #include <sys/stat.h>
 import "C"
+
 import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ func (fd *Fd) Fchown(uid, gid uint32) error {
 // Futimens changes the atime and mtime of the Fd
 //
 // Returns error on failure
-func (fd *Fd) Futimens(times [2]C.timespec) error {
-	_, err := C.glfs_futimens(fd.fd, times)
+func (fd *Fd) Futimens(times [2]C.struct_timespec) error {
+	_, err := C.glfs_futimens(fd.fd, &times[0])
 
 	return err
 }
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ func (fd *Fd) Futimens(times [2]C.timespec) error {
 //
 // Returns error on failure
 func (fd *Fd) Fstat(stat *syscall.Stat_t) error {
-
 	ret, err := C.glfs_fstat(fd.fd, (*C.struct_stat)(unsafe.Pointer(stat)))
 	if int(ret) < 0 {
 		return err
@@ -230,12 +230,13 @@ func direntName(dirent *syscall.Dirent) string {
 // then all the items will be returned.
 func (fd *Fd) Readdir(n int) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	var (
-		stat  syscall.Stat_t
 		files []os.FileInfo
-		statP = (*C.struct_stat)(unsafe.Pointer(&stat))
 	)
 
 	for i := 0; n == 0 || i < n; i++ {
+		var stat syscall.Stat_t
+		var statP = (*C.struct_stat)(unsafe.Pointer(&stat))
+
 		d, err := C.glfs_readdirplus(fd.fd, statP)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/gfapi/file.go b/gfapi/file.go
index ac276a0..3486687 100644
--- a/gfapi/file.go
+++ b/gfapi/file.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package gfapi
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 // #include <sys/stat.h>
 import "C"
+
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ func (f *File) Chown(uid, gid int) error {
 }
 
 func (f *File) Futimens(atime, mtime time.Time) error {
-	var times [2]C.timespec
-	times[1].tv_sec = mtime.Unix()
-	times[1].tv_nsec = mtime.Nanosecond()
+	var times [2]C.struct_timespec
+	times[0] = C.struct_timespec{tv_sec: C.long(atime.Unix()), tv_nsec: C.long(atime.Nanosecond())}
+	times[1] = C.struct_timespec{tv_sec: C.long(mtime.Unix()), tv_nsec: C.long(mtime.Nanosecond())}
 	return f.Fd.Futimens(times)
 }
 
diff --git a/gfapi/volume.go b/gfapi/volume.go
index 840052d..47654a9 100644
--- a/gfapi/volume.go
+++ b/gfapi/volume.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package gfapi
 // for more information please 'api/src/glfs.h' in the glusterfs source.
 
 //go:generate sh -c "go tool cgo -godefs types_unix.go | gofmt > ztypes_${GOOS}_${GOARCH}.go"
-//TODO: Need to run `go generate` on different platforms to generate relevant ztypes file for each
+// TODO: Need to run `go generate` on different platforms to generate relevant ztypes file for each
 // - *BSD
 // - Mac OS X
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ package gfapi
 // #include <time.h>
 // #include <sys/stat.h>
 import "C"
+
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func (v *Volume) Chown(name string, uid, gid int) error {
 	cname := C.CString(name)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cname))
 
-	_, err := C.glfs_chmod(v.fs, cname, C.uid_t(uid), C.gid_t(gid))
+	_, err := C.glfs_chown(v.fs, cname, C.uid_t(uid), C.gid_t(gid))
 
 	return err
 }
@@ -184,10 +185,9 @@ func (v *Volume) Chtimes(name string, mtime time.Time) error {
 	cname := C.CString(name)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cname))
 
-	var amtime [2]C.timespec
-	amtime[1].tv_sec = mtime.Unix()
-	amtime[1].tv_nsec = mtime.Nanosecond()
-	_, err := C.glfs_utimens(v.fs, cname, amtime)
+	var amtime [2]C.struct_timespec
+	amtime[1] = C.struct_timespec{tv_sec: C.long(mtime.Unix()), tv_nsec: C.long(mtime.Nanosecond())}
+	_, err := C.glfs_utimens(v.fs, cname, &amtime[0])
 
 	return err
 }