diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index aa083dd34e924199816587d57861d48dfa84dbfe..e6b46b3ac2fe6b6402502b0f0bda2c84400ceb94 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -736,15 +736,13 @@ static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(void)
 			can_do_mlock());
 }
 
-struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t size)
+struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size)
 {
 	int error = -ENOMEM;
 	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *dentry, *root;
 	struct qstr quick_string;
-	char buf[16];
-	static atomic_t counter;
 
 	if (!hugetlbfs_vfsmount)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
@@ -756,8 +754,7 @@ struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t size)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	root = hugetlbfs_vfsmount->mnt_root;
-	snprintf(buf, 16, "%u", atomic_inc_return(&counter));
-	quick_string.name = buf;
+	quick_string.name = name;
 	quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
 	quick_string.hash = 0;
 	dentry = d_alloc(root, &quick_string);
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index b4570b62ab8557d9748f7887b878bb341b87c553..2c13715e9ddea9f643c6a66c613ffcabee091f1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline struct hugetlbfs_sb_info *HUGETLBFS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
 
 extern const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
 extern struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops;
-struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t);
+struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t);
 int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping);
 void hugetlb_put_quota(struct address_space *mapping);
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static inline void set_file_hugepages(struct file *file)
 
 #define is_file_hugepages(file)		0
 #define set_file_hugepages(file)	BUG()
-#define hugetlb_zero_setup(size)	ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS)
+#define hugetlb_file_setup(name,size)	ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS)
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_HUGETLBFS */
 
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 047b823e6bf0e3b2639bfb81958f658404cc70b8..0852f206d8951cb4f53071b36e159ae0332e5093 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@ static int newseg (struct ipc_namespace *ns, key_t key, int shmflg, size_t size)
 		return error;
 	}
 
+	sprintf (name, "SYSV%08x", key);
 	if (shmflg & SHM_HUGETLB) {
-		/* hugetlb_zero_setup takes care of mlock user accounting */
-		file = hugetlb_zero_setup(size);
+		/* hugetlb_file_setup takes care of mlock user accounting */
+		file = hugetlb_file_setup(name, size);
 		shp->mlock_user = current->user;
 	} else {
 		int acctflag = VM_ACCOUNT;
@@ -379,7 +380,6 @@ static int newseg (struct ipc_namespace *ns, key_t key, int shmflg, size_t size)
 		if  ((shmflg & SHM_NORESERVE) &&
 				sysctl_overcommit_memory != OVERCOMMIT_NEVER)
 			acctflag = 0;
-		sprintf (name, "SYSV%08x", key);
 		file = shmem_file_setup(name, size, acctflag);
 	}
 	error = PTR_ERR(file);