diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ee60cc4..880052c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1243,22 +1243,13 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * Restricted form of lookup. Doesn't follow links, single-component only,
- * needs parent already locked. Doesn't follow mounts.
- * SMP-safe.
- */
-static struct dentry * __lookup_hash(struct qstr *name, struct dentry * base, struct nameidata *nd)
+static inline struct dentry *__lookup_hash_kern(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
 	inode = base->d_inode;
-	err = permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, nd);
-	dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
@@ -1287,35 +1278,76 @@
 	return dentry;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Restricted form of lookup. Doesn't follow links, single-component only,
+ * needs parent already locked. Doesn't follow mounts.
+ * SMP-safe.
+ */
+static inline struct dentry * __lookup_hash(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int err;
+
+	inode = base->d_inode;
+
+	err = permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, nd);
+	dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	dentry = __lookup_hash_kern(name, base, nd);
+out:
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 static struct dentry *lookup_hash(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd);
 }
 
 /* SMP-safe */
-struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char * name, struct dentry * base, int len)
+static inline int __lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct qstr *this, struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
 	unsigned long hash;
-	struct qstr this;
 	unsigned int c;
 
-	this.name = name;
-	this.len = len;
+	this->name = name;
+	this->len = len;
 	if (!len)
-		goto access;
+		return -EACCES;
 
 	hash = init_name_hash();
 	while (len--) {
 		c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
 		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
-			goto access;
+			return -EACCES;
 		hash = partial_name_hash(c, hash);
 	}
-	this.hash = end_name_hash(hash);
+	this->hash = end_name_hash(hash);
+	return 0;
+}
 
+struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct qstr this;
+
+	err = __lookup_one_len(name, &this, base, len);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	return __lookup_hash(&this, base, NULL);
-access:
-	return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+}
+
+struct dentry *lookup_one_len_kern(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct qstr this;
+
+	err = __lookup_one_len(name, &this, base, len);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return __lookup_hash_kern(&this, base, NULL);
 }
 
 /*