diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 2ca7a7c..94f5110 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 				void *priv, int flags)
 {
 	struct qstr this;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
 	int error;
 
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@
 	this.name = name;
 	this.len = strlen(name);
 	this.hash = 0;
-	dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
-	if (!dentry)
+	path.dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto err_module;
 
+	path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
 	/*
 	 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
 	 * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
@@ -117,14 +118,13 @@
 	 */
 	atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
 
-	dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
+	path.dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
 	/* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
-	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-	d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
+	path.dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+	d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 
 	error = -ENFILE;
-	file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
-			  FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
+	file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
 	if (!file)
 		goto err_dput;
 	file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 	return file;
 
 err_dput:
-	dput(dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 err_module:
 	module_put(fops->owner);
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 602a9ee..163cd28 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
  * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
  * code should be moved into this function.
  */
-struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
-		fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
+struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
+		const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 
@@ -171,9 +171,8 @@
 	if (!file)
 		return NULL;
 
-	file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
-	file->f_path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
-	file->f_mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	file->f_path = *path;
+	file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	file->f_mode = mode;
 	file->f_op = fop;
 
@@ -183,10 +182,10 @@
 	 * visible.  We do this for consistency, and so
 	 * that we can do debugging checks at __fput()
 	 */
-	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !special_file(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !special_file(path->dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
 		int error = 0;
 		file_take_write(file);
-		error = mnt_clone_write(mnt);
+		error = mnt_clone_write(path->mnt);
 		WARN_ON(error);
 	}
 	return file;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 87a1258..6bd4152 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@
 	int error = -ENOMEM;
 	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct dentry *dentry, *root;
+	struct path path;
+	struct dentry *root;
 	struct qstr quick_string;
 
 	*user = NULL;
@@ -944,10 +945,11 @@
 	quick_string.name = name;
 	quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
 	quick_string.hash = 0;
-	dentry = d_alloc(root, &quick_string);
-	if (!dentry)
+	path.dentry = d_alloc(root, &quick_string);
+	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto out_shm_unlock;
 
+	path.mnt = mntget(hugetlbfs_vfsmount);
 	error = -ENOSPC;
 	inode = hugetlbfs_get_inode(root->d_sb, current_fsuid(),
 				current_fsgid(), S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0);
@@ -960,13 +962,12 @@
 			acctflag))
 		goto out_inode;
 
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 	inode->i_size = size;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
 	error = -ENFILE;
-	file = alloc_file(hugetlbfs_vfsmount, dentry,
-			FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
+	file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
 			&hugetlbfs_file_operations);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out_dentry; /* inode is already attached */
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@
 out_inode:
 	iput(inode);
 out_dentry:
-	dput(dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 out_shm_unlock:
 	if (*user) {
 		user_shm_unlock(size, *user);
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 9e4f900..8271cf0 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@
 	struct fsnotify_group *group;
 	struct user_struct *user;
 	struct file *filp;
+	struct path path;
 	int fd, ret;
 
 	/* Check the IN_* constants for consistency.  */
@@ -675,8 +676,10 @@
 
 	atomic_inc(&user->inotify_devs);
 
-	filp = alloc_file(inotify_mnt, dget(inotify_mnt->mnt_root),
-			  FMODE_READ, &inotify_fops);
+	path.mnt = inotify_mnt;
+	path.dentry = inotify_mnt->mnt_root;
+	path_get(&path);
+	filp = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, &inotify_fops);
 	if (!filp)
 		goto Enfile;
 
@@ -689,6 +692,7 @@
 
 Enfile:
 	ret = -ENFILE;
+	path_put(&path);
 	atomic_dec(&user->inotify_devs);
 out_free_uid:
 	free_uid(user);
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index ae17d02..81288bc 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct file *f;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct path path;
 	struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
 
 	err = -ENFILE;
@@ -983,21 +983,22 @@
 		goto err;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
-	if (!dentry)
+	path.dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
+	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto err_inode;
+	path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt);
 
-	dentry->d_op = &pipefs_dentry_operations;
+	path.dentry->d_op = &pipefs_dentry_operations;
 	/*
 	 * We dont want to publish this dentry into global dentry hash table.
 	 * We pretend dentry is already hashed, by unsetting DCACHE_UNHASHED
 	 * This permits a working /proc/$pid/fd/XXX on pipes
 	 */
-	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	path.dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 
 	err = -ENFILE;
-	f = alloc_file(pipe_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipefifo_fops);
+	f = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipefifo_fops);
 	if (!f)
 		goto err_dentry;
 	f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -1009,7 +1010,7 @@
 
  err_dentry:
 	free_pipe_info(inode);
-	dput(dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 
  err_inode: