diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index ad8798e26be9f6e40d15607d0971bc2143611fcc..c7f9b733406dc22165647a8f415ce00324ae7daf 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -794,8 +794,14 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
 
 struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 {
-	struct filename tmp = { .name = name };
-	return do_open_execat(AT_FDCWD, &tmp, 0);
+	struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
+	struct file *f = ERR_CAST(filename);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(filename)) {
+		f = do_open_execat(AT_FDCWD, filename, 0);
+		putname(filename);
+	}
+	return f;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 71dc1cc23b1a08f7467c686028e0f1d6ddae7b72..0bc7742a591dfd786504382d23abef2975cb6b03 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2042,32 +2042,47 @@ static int filename_lookup(int dfd, struct filename *name,
 static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
 				unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct filename filename = { .name = name };
+	struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
+	int retval = PTR_ERR(filename);
 
-	return filename_lookup(dfd, &filename, flags, nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(filename)) {
+		retval = filename_lookup(dfd, filename, flags, nd);
+		putname(filename);
+	}
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
 struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
 {
+	struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct dentry *d;
-	struct filename filename = {.name = name};
-	int err = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, &filename, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	int err;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(filename))
+		return ERR_CAST(filename);
+
+	err = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (err) {
+		d = ERR_PTR(err);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (nd.last_type != LAST_NORM) {
 		path_put(&nd.path);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		d = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		goto out;
 	}
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	d = __lookup_hash(&nd.last, nd.path.dentry, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(d)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		path_put(&nd.path);
-		return d;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	*path = nd.path;
+out:
+	putname(filename);
 	return d;
 }
 
@@ -2399,8 +2414,14 @@ int
 kern_path_mountpoint(int dfd, const char *name, struct path *path,
 			unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct filename s = {.name = name};
-	return filename_mountpoint(dfd, &s, path, flags);
+	struct filename *s = getname_kernel(name);
+	int retval = PTR_ERR(s);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(s)) {
+		retval = filename_mountpoint(dfd, s, path, flags);
+		putname(s);
+	}
+	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_mountpoint);
 
@@ -3280,7 +3301,7 @@ struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 {
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct file *file;
-	struct filename filename = { .name = name };
+	struct filename *filename;
 	int flags = op->lookup_flags | LOOKUP_ROOT;
 
 	nd.root.mnt = mnt;
@@ -3289,11 +3310,16 @@ struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	if (d_is_symlink(dentry) && op->intent & LOOKUP_OPEN)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
 
-	file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
+	filename = getname_kernel(name);
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(filename)))
+		return ERR_CAST(filename);
+
+	file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
 	if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ECHILD)))
-		file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags);
+		file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags);
 	if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)))
-		file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
+		file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
+	putname(filename);
 	return file;
 }
 
@@ -3370,8 +3396,14 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name,
 struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 				struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags)
 {
-	struct filename filename = {.name = pathname};
-	return filename_create(dfd, &filename, path, lookup_flags);
+	struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(pathname);
+	struct dentry *res;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(filename))
+		return ERR_CAST(filename);
+	res = filename_create(dfd, filename, path, lookup_flags);
+	putname(filename);
+	return res;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create);
 
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 813be037b412907e040fe2b94861cfcbf14fc91f..d36c42ff019d425e43dd2bdf21ac66842919ee54 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -971,8 +971,14 @@ struct file *file_open_name(struct filename *name, int flags, umode_t mode)
  */
 struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
-	struct filename name = {.name = filename};
-	return file_open_name(&name, flags, mode);
+	struct filename *name = getname_kernel(filename);
+	struct file *file = ERR_CAST(name);
+	
+	if (!IS_ERR(name)) {
+		file = file_open_name(name, flags, mode);
+		putname(name);
+	}
+	return file;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);