diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1a117c0d13c5cbeca8bd329aa4b1cb134dd75f0d..2dad0eaf91d34d8f47d3cc525eafd45107d429bd 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2299,13 +2299,7 @@ int user_path_at_empty(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,
 	return filename_lookup(dfd, getname_flags(name, flags, empty),
 			       flags, path, NULL);
 }
-
-int user_path_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,
-		 struct path *path)
-{
-	return user_path_at_empty(dfd, name, flags, path, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(user_path_at);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(user_path_at_empty);
 
 /*
  * NB: most callers don't do anything directly with the reference to the
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 1208e489f83e4881f0a15c5329a2aba2c16a6b81..d8c6334cd15005c16162f57959e20b2e09f99d03 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_NAMEI_H
 #define _LINUX_NAMEI_H
 
-#include <linux/dcache.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/path.h>
-
-struct vfsmount;
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 
 enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 };
 
@@ -46,13 +44,29 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
 #define LOOKUP_ROOT		0x2000
 #define LOOKUP_EMPTY		0x4000
 
-extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 extern int user_path_at_empty(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *, int *empty);
 
-#define user_path(name, path) user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, path)
-#define user_lpath(name, path) user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path)
-#define user_path_dir(name, path) \
-	user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, path)
+static inline int user_path_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,
+		 struct path *path)
+{
+	return user_path_at_empty(dfd, name, flags, path, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline int user_path(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
+{
+	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, path, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline int user_lpath(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
+{
+	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline int user_path_dir(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
+{
+	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name,
+				  LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, path, NULL);
+}
 
 extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);