diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index fdbe230278101eab9657d55f7137cb66e02f49fd..265e0ce9769c70db65d5f9df11c4365f44c6dd29 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3116,19 +3116,22 @@ char *simple_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 /*
  * Write full pathname from the root of the filesystem into the buffer.
  */
-static char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
+static char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *d, char *buf, int buflen)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	char *end, *retval;
 	int len, seq = 0;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	if (buflen < 2)
+		goto Elong;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 restart:
+	dentry = d;
 	end = buf + buflen;
 	len = buflen;
 	prepend(&end, &len, "\0", 1);
-	if (buflen < 1)
-		goto Elong;
 	/* Get '/' right */
 	retval = end-1;
 	*retval = '/';