diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 080f1f6e..47338d9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 	return count;
 }
 
-static int proc_cwd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount **mnt)
+static int proc_cwd_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	struct fs_struct *fs = NULL;
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
 	}
 	if (fs) {
 		read_lock(&fs->lock);
-		*mnt = mntget(fs->pwd.mnt);
-		*dentry = dget(fs->pwd.dentry);
+		*path = fs->pwd;
+		path_get(&fs->pwd);
 		read_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		result = 0;
 		put_fs_struct(fs);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int proc_root_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount **mnt)
+static int proc_root_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	struct fs_struct *fs = NULL;
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
 	}
 	if (fs) {
 		read_lock(&fs->lock);
-		*mnt = mntget(fs->root.mnt);
-		*dentry = dget(fs->root.dentry);
+		*path = fs->root;
+		path_get(&fs->root);
 		read_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		result = 0;
 		put_fs_struct(fs);
@@ -1170,34 +1170,30 @@
 	if (!proc_fd_access_allowed(inode))
 		goto out;
 
-	error = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_get_link(inode, &nd->path.dentry,
-						&nd->path.mnt);
+	error = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_get_link(inode, &nd->path);
 	nd->last_type = LAST_BIND;
 out:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-static int do_proc_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
-			    char __user *buffer, int buflen)
+static int do_proc_readlink(struct path *path, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
 {
-	struct inode * inode;
 	char *tmp = (char*)__get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
-	char *path;
+	char *pathname;
 	int len;
 
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	path = d_path(dentry, mnt, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
-	len = PTR_ERR(path);
-	if (IS_ERR(path))
+	pathname = d_path(path->dentry, path->mnt, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
+	len = PTR_ERR(pathname);
+	if (IS_ERR(pathname))
 		goto out;
-	len = tmp + PAGE_SIZE - 1 - path;
+	len = tmp + PAGE_SIZE - 1 - pathname;
 
 	if (len > buflen)
 		len = buflen;
-	if (copy_to_user(buffer, path, len))
+	if (copy_to_user(buffer, pathname, len))
 		len = -EFAULT;
  out:
 	free_page((unsigned long)tmp);
@@ -1208,20 +1204,18 @@
 {
 	int error = -EACCES;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct dentry *de;
-	struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL;
+	struct path path;
 
 	/* Are we allowed to snoop on the tasks file descriptors? */
 	if (!proc_fd_access_allowed(inode))
 		goto out;
 
-	error = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_get_link(inode, &de, &mnt);
+	error = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_get_link(inode, &path);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = do_proc_readlink(de, mnt, buffer, buflen);
-	dput(de);
-	mntput(mnt);
+	error = do_proc_readlink(&path, buffer, buflen);
+	path_put(&path);
 out:
 	return error;
 }
@@ -1448,8 +1442,7 @@
 
 #define PROC_FDINFO_MAX 64
 
-static int proc_fd_info(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry,
-			struct vfsmount **mnt, char *info)
+static int proc_fd_info(struct inode *inode, struct path *path, char *info)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	struct files_struct *files = NULL;
@@ -1468,10 +1461,10 @@
 		spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 		if (file) {
-			if (mnt)
-				*mnt = mntget(file->f_path.mnt);
-			if (dentry)
-				*dentry = dget(file->f_path.dentry);
+			if (path) {
+				*path = file->f_path;
+				path_get(&file->f_path);
+			}
 			if (info)
 				snprintf(info, PROC_FDINFO_MAX,
 					 "pos:\t%lli\n"
@@ -1488,10 +1481,9 @@
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-static int proc_fd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry,
-			struct vfsmount **mnt)
+static int proc_fd_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
 {
-	return proc_fd_info(inode, dentry, mnt, NULL);
+	return proc_fd_info(inode, path, NULL);
 }
 
 static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
@@ -1685,7 +1677,7 @@
 				      size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	char tmp[PROC_FDINFO_MAX];
-	int err = proc_fd_info(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, NULL, NULL, tmp);
+	int err = proc_fd_info(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, NULL, tmp);
 	if (!err)
 		err = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, len, ppos, tmp, strlen(tmp));
 	return err;