diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index e9c320a..02723be 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int __init init_chdir(const char *filename)
 	error = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	error = inode_permission(path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	error = path_permission(&path, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (!error)
 		set_fs_pwd(current->fs, &path);
 	path_put(&path);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int __init init_chroot(const char *filename)
 	error = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	error = inode_permission(path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	error = path_permission(&path, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 	error = -EPERM;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int __init init_eaccess(const char *filename)
 	error = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	error = inode_permission(d_inode(path.dentry), MAY_ACCESS);
+	error = path_permission(&path, MAY_ACCESS);
 	path_put(&path);
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index dcab112..64cfc1a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int fanotify_find_path(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 	}
 
 	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
-	ret = inode_permission(path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+	ret = path_permission(path, MAY_READ);
 	if (ret) {
 		path_put(path);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 59c1770..e1155d3 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int inotify_find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct path *path,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
-	error = inode_permission(path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+	error = path_permission(path, MAY_READ);
 	if (error) {
 		path_put(path);
 		return error;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 1e06e44..cd1efd2 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chdir, const char __user *, filename)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = inode_permission(path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	error = path_permission(&path, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd)
 	if (!d_can_lookup(f.file->f_path.dentry))
 		goto out_putf;
 
-	error = inode_permission(file_inode(f.file), MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	error = file_permission(f.file, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (!error)
 		set_fs_pwd(current->fs, &f.file->f_path);
 out_putf:
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chroot, const char __user *, filename)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = inode_permission(path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	error = path_permission(&path, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index ad8eefa..3671a40 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ long udf_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	long old_block, new_block;
 	int result;
 
-	if (inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ) != 0) {
+	if (file_permission(filp, MAY_READ) != 0) {
 		udf_debug("no permission to access inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/verity/enable.c b/fs/verity/enable.c
index f7e997a..77e159a 100644
--- a/fs/verity/enable.c
+++ b/fs/verity/enable.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int fsverity_ioctl_enable(struct file *filp, const void __user *uarg)
 	 * has verity enabled, and to stabilize the data being hashed.
 	 */
 
-	err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+	err = file_permission(filp, MAY_WRITE);
 	if (err)
 		return err;