diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index c14dacd..b26927c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -203,17 +203,6 @@
  * bitmap file handling - read and write the bitmap file and its superblock
  */
 
-/* copy the pathname of a file to a buffer */
-char *file_path(struct file *file, char *buf, int count)
-{
-	if (!buf)
-		return NULL;
-
-	buf = d_path(&file->f_path, buf, count);
-
-	return IS_ERR(buf) ? NULL : buf;
-}
-
 /*
  * basic page I/O operations
  */
@@ -721,11 +710,13 @@
 		if (bitmap->file) {
 			path = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (path)
-				ptr = file_path(bitmap->file, path, PAGE_SIZE);
+				ptr = d_path(&bitmap->file->f_path, path,
+					     PAGE_SIZE);
+
 
 			printk(KERN_ALERT
 			      "%s: kicking failed bitmap file %s from array!\n",
-			      bmname(bitmap), ptr ? ptr : "");
+			      bmname(bitmap), IS_ERR(ptr) ? "" : ptr);
 
 			kfree(path);
 		} else