diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ec638d2..5dbc3f83 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
 	char *kname;
 	int len;
 
+	result = audit_reusename(filename);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
 	/* FIXME: create dedicated slabcache? */
 	result = kzalloc(sizeof(*result), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!result))
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 94d2916..d5d7952 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@
 				  int major, unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 				  unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3);
 extern void __audit_syscall_exit(int ret_success, long ret_value);
+extern struct filename *__audit_reusename(const __user char *uptr);
 extern void __audit_getname(struct filename *name);
 extern void audit_putname(struct filename *name);
 extern void __audit_inode(const char *name, const struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -507,6 +508,12 @@
 		__audit_syscall_exit(success, return_code);
 	}
 }
+static inline struct filename *audit_reusename(const __user char *name)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
+		return __audit_reusename(name);
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline void audit_getname(struct filename *name)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
@@ -665,6 +672,10 @@
 {
 	return 1;
 }
+static inline struct filename *audit_reusename(const __user char *name)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline void audit_getname(struct filename *name)
 { }
 static inline void audit_putname(struct filename *name)
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index d4d8231..521163a 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2021,6 +2021,29 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * audit_reusename - fill out filename with info from existing entry
+ * @uptr: userland ptr to pathname
+ *
+ * Search the audit_names list for the current audit context. If there is an
+ * existing entry with a matching "uptr" then return the filename
+ * associated with that audit_name. If not, return NULL.
+ */
+struct filename *
+__audit_reusename(const __user char *uptr)
+{
+	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
+	struct audit_names *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(n, &context->names_list, list) {
+		if (!n->name)
+			continue;
+		if (n->name->uptr == uptr)
+			return n->name;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
  * audit_getname - add a name to the list
  * @name: name to add
  *