diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f69df87..865282f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	BUG_ON(victim->d_parent->d_inode != dir);
-	audit_inode_child(victim->d_name.name, victim, dir);
+	audit_inode_child(victim, dir);
 
 	error = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 3c7a358..f391d45 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 extern void __audit_getname(const char *name);
 extern void audit_putname(const char *name);
 extern void __audit_inode(const char *name, const struct dentry *dentry);
-extern void __audit_inode_child(const char *dname, const struct dentry *dentry,
+extern void __audit_inode_child(const struct dentry *dentry,
 				const struct inode *parent);
 extern void __audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t);
 
@@ -442,11 +442,10 @@
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
 		__audit_inode(name, dentry);
 }
-static inline void audit_inode_child(const char *dname, 
-				     const struct dentry *dentry,
+static inline void audit_inode_child(const struct dentry *dentry,
 				     const struct inode *parent) {
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
-		__audit_inode_child(dname, dentry, parent);
+		__audit_inode_child(dentry, parent);
 }
 void audit_core_dumps(long signr);
 
@@ -544,9 +543,9 @@
 #define audit_getname(n) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_putname(n) do { ; } while (0)
 #define __audit_inode(n,d) do { ; } while (0)
-#define __audit_inode_child(d,i,p) do { ; } while (0)
+#define __audit_inode_child(i,p) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_inode(n,d) do { ; } while (0)
-#define audit_inode_child(d,i,p) do { ; } while (0)
+#define audit_inode_child(i,p) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_core_dumps(i) do { ; } while (0)
 #define auditsc_get_stamp(c,t,s) (0)
 #define audit_get_loginuid(t) (-1)
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 2d755c4..df8fd9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 		inotify_inode_queue_event(source, IN_MOVE_SELF, 0, NULL, NULL);
 		fsnotify(source, FS_MOVE_SELF, moved->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, NULL, 0);
 	}
-	audit_inode_child(new_name, moved, new_dir);
+	audit_inode_child(moved, new_dir);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 {
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_CREATE, 0, dentry->d_name.name,
 				  dentry->d_inode);
-	audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
+	audit_inode_child(dentry, inode);
 
 	fsnotify(inode, FS_CREATE, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, dentry->d_name.name, 0);
 }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(dir, IN_CREATE, 0, new_dentry->d_name.name,
 				  inode);
 	fsnotify_link_count(inode);
-	audit_inode_child(new_dentry->d_name.name, new_dentry, dir);
+	audit_inode_child(new_dentry, dir);
 
 	fsnotify(dir, FS_CREATE, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, new_dentry->d_name.name, 0);
 }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	struct inode *d_inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name, d_inode);
-	audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
+	audit_inode_child(dentry, inode);
 
 	fsnotify(inode, mask, d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, dentry->d_name.name, 0);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index fc0f928..f3a461c 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,6 @@
 
 /**
  * audit_inode_child - collect inode info for created/removed objects
- * @dname: inode's dentry name
  * @dentry: dentry being audited
  * @parent: inode of dentry parent
  *
@@ -2000,13 +1999,14 @@
  * must be hooked prior, in order to capture the target inode during
  * unsuccessful attempts.
  */
-void __audit_inode_child(const char *dname, const struct dentry *dentry,
+void __audit_inode_child(const struct dentry *dentry,
 			 const struct inode *parent)
 {
 	int idx;
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 	const char *found_parent = NULL, *found_child = NULL;
 	const struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	const char *dname = dentry->d_name.name;
 	int dirlen = 0;
 
 	if (!context->in_syscall)
@@ -2014,9 +2014,6 @@
 
 	if (inode)
 		handle_one(inode);
-	/* determine matching parent */
-	if (!dname)
-		goto add_names;
 
 	/* parent is more likely, look for it first */
 	for (idx = 0; idx < context->name_count; idx++) {