diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
index e00a01879025ea4d55be8d404b80cf2d2e53c22b..9f80c5adcb689aa03295bf716585a2ba6eb5a99d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
@@ -67,15 +67,12 @@ static void print_task_path_n_nm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *buf)
 	mmput(mm);
 
 	if (exe_file) {
-		path = exe_file->f_path;
-		path_get(&exe_file->f_path);
+		path_nm = file_path(exe_file, buf, 255);
 		fput(exe_file);
-		path_nm = d_path(&path, buf, 255);
-		path_put(&path);
 	}
 
 done:
-	pr_info("Path: %s\n", path_nm);
+	pr_info("Path: %s\n", !IS_ERR(path_nm) ? path_nm : "?");
 }
 
 static void show_faulting_vma(unsigned long address, char *buf)
@@ -99,8 +96,7 @@ static void show_faulting_vma(unsigned long address, char *buf)
 	if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= address)) {
 		struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
 		if (file) {
-			struct path *path = &file->f_path;
-			nm = d_path(path, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+			nm = file_path(file, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 			inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 			dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 			ino = inode->i_ino;
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/trace.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/trace.c
index c36efa0c7163c4dac53515ceb822154e559dd698..719dd796c12cb1cac2ca95de973700ac37942bdd 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/trace.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/trace.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void decode_address(char *buf, unsigned long address)
 				struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
 
 				if (file) {
-					char *d_name = d_path(&file->f_path, _tmpbuf,
+					char *d_name = file_path(file, _tmpbuf,
 						      sizeof(_tmpbuf));
 					if (!IS_ERR(d_name))
 						name = d_name;
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/stack.c b/arch/tile/kernel/stack.c
index c42dce50acd81c94b26285410a9ce6e70d2e6e98..8d62cf12c2c027b95e5e67cee9bd72228dfd69f5 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/stack.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/stack.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void describe_addr(struct KBacktraceIterator *kbt,
 	}
 
 	if (vma->vm_file) {
-		p = d_path(&vma->vm_file->f_path, buf, bufsize);
+		p = file_path(vma->vm_file, buf, bufsize);
 		if (IS_ERR(p))
 			p = "?";
 		name = kbasename(p);
diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
index f7ddae3725a4aedc686b834efe05237dd1517310..6225cc998db1308b81a4c3abc1bd2edb0ebb2347 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/elf.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int notify_exec(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (exe_file == NULL)
 		goto done_free;
 
-	path = d_path(&exe_file->f_path, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+	path = file_path(exe_file, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		goto done_put;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index d7173cb1ea76c206f1fcedbc96994e45901aa322..0d8ad59413cd88119dd4ee49517f979203a839da 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static ssize_t loop_attr_backing_file_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 	if (lo->lo_backing_file)
-		p = d_path(&lo->lo_backing_file->f_path, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		p = file_path(lo->lo_backing_file, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p))
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 2bc56e2a35262141859f8da21d09a54dec852e52..dda33d64835445885e3af474e27dcbae55a72b27 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static void bitmap_file_kick(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 		if (bitmap->storage.file) {
 			path = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (path)
-				ptr = d_path(&bitmap->storage.file->f_path,
+				ptr = file_path(bitmap->storage.file,
 					     path, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 			printk(KERN_ALERT
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 593a02476c781a2b5ee7e491b9188a108630b506..e67f3ac137bf2d5c88ef315293539b06b4d14169 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5741,7 +5741,7 @@ static int get_bitmap_file(struct mddev *mddev, void __user * arg)
 	/* bitmap disabled, zero the first byte and copy out */
 	if (!mddev->bitmap_info.file)
 		file->pathname[0] = '\0';
-	else if ((ptr = d_path(&mddev->bitmap_info.file->f_path,
+	else if ((ptr = file_path(mddev->bitmap_info.file,
 			       file->pathname, sizeof(file->pathname))),
 		 IS_ERR(ptr))
 		err = PTR_ERR(ptr);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
index 3cc109f3c9c803638b8a47ffc1aa4aabb8397a6b..d2259c6639960c55c76239401148bbcc2ec1f449 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ int fsg_common_create_lun(struct fsg_common *common, struct fsg_lun_config *cfg,
 	if (fsg_lun_is_open(lun)) {
 		p = "(error)";
 		if (pathbuf) {
-			p = d_path(&lun->filp->f_path, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
+			p = file_path(lun->filp, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
 			if (IS_ERR(p))
 				p = "(error)";
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c
index 648f9e489b39bb3a291f091771dcd099013176db..d62683017cf3c1c052f78eb243799e1ca46ca8d5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ ssize_t fsg_show_file(struct fsg_lun *curlun, struct rw_semaphore *filesem,
 
 	down_read(filesem);
 	if (fsg_lun_is_open(curlun)) {	/* Get the complete pathname */
-		p = d_path(&curlun->filp->f_path, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		p = file_path(curlun->filp, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(p))
 			rc = PTR_ERR(p);
 		else {
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 241ef68d28930a7faed26f18b67b296138e61d9e..5046b62471037dc0a929306de0a7f89d7c8267a9 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ static int fill_files_note(struct memelfnote *note)
 		file = vma->vm_file;
 		if (!file)
 			continue;
-		filename = d_path(&file->f_path, name_curpos, remaining);
+		filename = file_path(file, name_curpos, remaining);
 		if (IS_ERR(filename)) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(filename) == -ENAMETOOLONG) {
 				vfree(data);
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static int fill_files_note(struct memelfnote *note)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* d_path() fills at the end, move name down */
+		/* file_path() fills at the end, move name down */
 		/* n = strlen(filename) + 1: */
 		n = (name_curpos + remaining) - filename;
 		remaining = filename - name_curpos;
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index bbbe139ab28020244f62011f44869d1529cd4b05..5b771b36cc6e79de2883b6e23b138f547bb0b1f6 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core_name *cn)
 		goto put_exe_file;
 	}
 
-	path = d_path(&exe_file->f_path, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
+	path = file_path(exe_file, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(path);
 		goto free_buf;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f06d0589ddba5db7226a38a6e0de3ef2cdee48d9..0ae853d2e1f141cb2bde05dde7f089b6eff98c09 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void __ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
 	es = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es;
 	es->s_last_error_ino = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
 	if (ext4_error_ratelimit(inode->i_sb)) {
-		path = d_path(&(file->f_path), pathname, sizeof(pathname));
+		path = file_path(file, pathname, sizeof(pathname));
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			path = "(unknown)";
 		va_start(args, fmt);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index b1c5823b7f1175cc26429811873738ca0b7515a5..1dbc79358d591833efa7409b946b0c9945d1b289 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -823,6 +823,12 @@ int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_no_open);
 
+char *file_path(struct file *filp, char *buf, int buflen)
+{
+	return d_path(&filp->f_path, buf, buflen);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path);
+
 /**
  * vfs_open - open the file at the given path
  * @path: path to open
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2bd77e10e8e58998d2c3ee3412e6f6e7ad14b7e6..2c135ad741a9c63ae9f1e070b81f7a25778af9a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2500,6 +2500,8 @@ extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
 extern int is_subdir(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 extern int path_is_under(struct path *, struct path *);
 
+extern char *file_path(struct file *, char *, int);
+
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 /* needed for stackable file system support */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 81aa3a4ece9f787038027bb4e5a1e456312c1182..5c964e84548355b1958814f641b1139655a2d549 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5791,7 +5791,7 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 		 * need to add enough zero bytes after the string to handle
 		 * the 64bit alignment we do later.
 		 */
-		name = d_path(&file->f_path, buf, PATH_MAX - sizeof(u64));
+		name = file_path(file, buf, PATH_MAX - sizeof(u64));
 		if (IS_ERR(name)) {
 			name = "//toolong";
 			goto cpy_name;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 22e037e3364e0f49dcdc1de812181f54755bbbac..28c10da1efbca0d7ac0af6189a7c0c2e0789e832 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3724,7 +3724,7 @@ void print_vma_addr(char *prefix, unsigned long ip)
 		if (buf) {
 			char *p;
 
-			p = d_path(&f->f_path, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+			p = file_path(f, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
 			if (IS_ERR(p))
 				p = "?";
 			printk("%s%s[%lx+%lx]", prefix, kbasename(p),