diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b45a039..7e6ba8c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1575,16 +1575,22 @@
  * @mnt: pointer to vfs mount of the base directory
  * @name: pointer to file name
  * @flags: lookup flags
- * @nd: pointer to nameidata
+ * @path: pointer to struct path to fill
  */
 int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		    const char *name, unsigned int flags,
-		    struct nameidata *nd)
+		    struct path *path)
 {
-	nd->root.dentry = dentry;
-	nd->root.mnt = mnt;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	int err;
+	nd.root.dentry = dentry;
+	nd.root.mnt = mnt;
+	BUG_ON(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT);
 	/* the first argument of do_path_lookup() is ignored with LOOKUP_ROOT */
-	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, flags | LOOKUP_ROOT, nd);
+	err = do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, flags | LOOKUP_ROOT, &nd);
+	if (!err)
+		*path = nd.path;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,