diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 84826e4c844d0571e653ca16db103c4c00acc867..e905b70ab0bd738731cdd1939ef006e05260e389 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ static int process_ns_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
 	if (!pathbuf)	/* ima_rdwr_violation possibly pre-fetched */
 		pathname = ima_d_path(&file->f_path, &pathbuf, filename);
 
+	if (!pathname || strlen(pathname) > IMA_EVENT_NAME_LEN_MAX)
+		pathname = file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
+
 	found_digest = ima_lookup_digest(iint->ima_hash->digest, hash_algo,
 					 COMPACT_FILE);