diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 4f7a96a..3877068 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 extern int seq_buf_putmem(struct seq_buf *s, const void *mem, unsigned int len);
 extern int seq_buf_putmem_hex(struct seq_buf *s, const void *mem,
 			      unsigned int len);
-extern int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path);
+extern int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path, const char *esc);
 
 extern int seq_buf_bitmask(struct seq_buf *s, const unsigned long *maskp,
 			   int nmaskbits);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
index e9a7861..7dac34d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
@@ -272,28 +272,32 @@
  * seq_buf_path - copy a path into the sequence buffer
  * @s: seq_buf descriptor
  * @path: path to write into the sequence buffer.
+ * @esc: set of characters to escape in the output
  *
  * Write a path name into the sequence buffer.
  *
- * Returns zero on success, -1 on overflow
+ * Returns the number of written bytes on success, -1 on overflow
  */
-int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path)
+int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path, const char *esc)
 {
-	unsigned int len = seq_buf_buffer_left(s);
-	unsigned char *p;
+	char *buf = s->buffer + s->len;
+	size_t size = seq_buf_buffer_left(s);
+	int res = -1;
 
 	WARN_ON(s->size == 0);
 
-	p = d_path(path, s->buffer + s->len, len);
-	if (!IS_ERR(p)) {
-		p = mangle_path(s->buffer + s->len, p, "\n");
-		if (p) {
-			s->len = p - s->buffer;
-			return 0;
+	if (size) {
+		char *p = d_path(path, buf, size);
+		if (!IS_ERR(p)) {
+			char *end = mangle_path(buf, p, esc);
+			if (end)
+				res = end - buf;
 		}
 	}
-	seq_buf_set_overflow(s);
-	return -1;
+	if (res > 0)
+		s->len += res;
+
+	return res;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c b/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
index 8c0c54f..74cacc93 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@
 int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
 	unsigned int save_len = s->seq.len;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (s->full)
 		return 0;
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = seq_buf_path(&s->seq, path);
+	seq_buf_path(&s->seq, path, "\n");
 
 	if (unlikely(seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s->seq))) {
 		s->seq.len = save_len;
@@ -346,7 +345,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_path);