diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 35e40879860aebc4491082ca3dbc0bad6ef70727..6acc9648f9869727dc9fb030d281d37bffdf3277 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -411,8 +411,9 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 
 	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_LINK)
 		kernfs_put(kn->symlink.target_kn);
-	if (!(kn->flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME))
-		kfree_const(kn->name);
+
+	kfree_const(kn->name);
+
 	if (kn->iattr) {
 		if (kn->iattr->ia_secdata)
 			security_release_secctx(kn->iattr->ia_secdata,
@@ -506,15 +507,12 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 					     const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					     unsigned flags)
 {
-	const char *dup_name = NULL;
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!(flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME)) {
-		name = dup_name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name)
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
 
 	kn = kmem_cache_zalloc(kernfs_node_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kn)
@@ -538,7 +536,7 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
  err_out2:
 	kmem_cache_free(kernfs_node_cache, kn);
  err_out1:
-	kfree_const(dup_name);
+	kfree_const(name);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1285,9 +1283,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 
 	kn->ns = new_ns;
 	if (new_name) {
-		if (!(kn->flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME))
-			old_name = kn->name;
-		kn->flags &= ~KERNFS_STATIC_NAME;
+		old_name = kn->name;
 		kn->name = new_name;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index ddc9f9612f168f026ea71aa4f4aac41bf6860369..b684e8a132e6255b7f294321ccd3a2f0e5097a09 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ const struct file_operations kernfs_file_fops = {
  * @ops: kernfs operations for the file
  * @priv: private data for the file
  * @ns: optional namespace tag of the file
- * @name_is_static: don't copy file name
  * @key: lockdep key for the file's active_ref, %NULL to disable lockdep
  *
  * Returns the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
@@ -911,7 +910,6 @@ struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_create_file(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 					 umode_t mode, loff_t size,
 					 const struct kernfs_ops *ops,
 					 void *priv, const void *ns,
-					 bool name_is_static,
 					 struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
@@ -919,8 +917,6 @@ struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_create_file(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 	int rc;
 
 	flags = KERNFS_FILE;
-	if (name_is_static)
-		flags |= KERNFS_STATIC_NAME;
 
 	kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, flags);
 	if (!kn)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index dfe928a9540f38701ad0bc1f28df5b0ffe31d39e..7c2867b44141e5df54734e7e27e3df344a976dea 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ int sysfs_add_file_mode_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 		key = attr->key ?: (struct lock_class_key *)&attr->skey;
 #endif
 	kn = __kernfs_create_file(parent, attr->name, mode & 0777, size, ops,
-				  (void *)attr, ns, true, key);
+				  (void *)attr, ns, key);
 	if (IS_ERR(kn)) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(kn) == -EEXIST)
 			sysfs_warn_dup(parent, attr->name);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index d4e01b3583411f14f0f32644f41ea128fa6bc3ce..71ecdab1671b837b05f946ca44fa5f431f5f2859 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ enum kernfs_node_flag {
 	KERNFS_HAS_SEQ_SHOW	= 0x0040,
 	KERNFS_HAS_MMAP		= 0x0080,
 	KERNFS_LOCKDEP		= 0x0100,
-	KERNFS_STATIC_NAME	= 0x0200,
 	KERNFS_SUICIDAL		= 0x0400,
 	KERNFS_SUICIDED		= 0x0800,
 };
@@ -291,7 +290,6 @@ struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_create_file(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 					 umode_t mode, loff_t size,
 					 const struct kernfs_ops *ops,
 					 void *priv, const void *ns,
-					 bool name_is_static,
 					 struct lock_class_key *key);
 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 				       const char *name,
@@ -369,8 +367,7 @@ kernfs_create_dir_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
 static inline struct kernfs_node *
 __kernfs_create_file(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
 		     umode_t mode, loff_t size, const struct kernfs_ops *ops,
-		     void *priv, const void *ns, bool name_is_static,
-		     struct lock_class_key *key)
+		     void *priv, const void *ns, struct lock_class_key *key)
 { return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS); }
 
 static inline struct kernfs_node *
@@ -439,7 +436,7 @@ kernfs_create_file_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
 	key = (struct lock_class_key *)&ops->lockdep_key;
 #endif
 	return __kernfs_create_file(parent, name, mode, size, ops, priv, ns,
-				    false, key);
+				    key);
 }
 
 static inline struct kernfs_node *
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d5f6ec251fb2bcd9df4ac751ea142a9454e25eb1..29a7b2cc593e3f50a425f1dbbf187d5d1fb4542f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ static int cgroup_add_file(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft)
 #endif
 	kn = __kernfs_create_file(cgrp->kn, cgroup_file_name(cgrp, cft, name),
 				  cgroup_file_mode(cft), 0, cft->kf_ops, cft,
-				  NULL, false, key);
+				  NULL, key);
 	if (IS_ERR(kn))
 		return PTR_ERR(kn);