diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a66ed5a1622a..186bd2464fd5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ getname_kernel(const char * filename)
 	if (len <= EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX) {
 		result->name = (char *)result->iname;
 	} else if (len <= PATH_MAX) {
+		const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]);
 		struct filename *tmp;
 
-		tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (unlikely(!tmp)) {
 			__putname(result);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1597,22 +1598,21 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
 }
 
 /* Fast lookup failed, do it the slow way */
-static struct dentry *lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
-				  struct dentry *dir,
-				  unsigned int flags)
+static struct dentry *__lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
+				    struct dentry *dir,
+				    unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT), *old;
+	struct dentry *dentry, *old;
 	struct inode *inode = dir->d_inode;
 	DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ONSTACK(wq);
 
-	inode_lock_shared(inode);
 	/* Don't go there if it's already dead */
 	if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 again:
 	dentry = d_alloc_parallel(dir, name, &wq);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		goto out;
+		return dentry;
 	if (unlikely(!d_in_lookup(dentry))) {
 		if (!(flags & LOOKUP_NO_REVAL)) {
 			int error = d_revalidate(dentry, flags);
@@ -1634,11 +1634,21 @@ again:
 			dentry = old;
 		}
 	}
-out:
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 	return dentry;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
+				  struct dentry *dir,
+				  unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dir->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *res;
+	inode_lock_shared(inode);
+	res = __lookup_slow(name, dir, flags);
+	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+	return res;
+}
+
 static inline int may_lookup(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
@@ -2421,6 +2431,38 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 
+static int lookup_one_len_common(const char *name, struct dentry *base,
+				 int len, struct qstr *this)
+{
+	this->name = name;
+	this->len = len;
+	this->hash = full_name_hash(base, name, len);
+	if (!len)
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	if (unlikely(name[0] == '.')) {
+		if (len < 2 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'))
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+
+	while (len--) {
+		unsigned int c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
+		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
+	 * to use its own hash..
+	 */
+	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
+		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, this);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	return inode_permission(base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+}
+
 /**
  * lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
  * @name:	pathname component to lookup
@@ -2434,43 +2476,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
  */
 struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct qstr this;
-	unsigned int c;
 	int err;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode));
 
-	this.name = name;
-	this.len = len;
-	this.hash = full_name_hash(base, name, len);
-	if (!len)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-
-	if (unlikely(name[0] == '.')) {
-		if (len < 2 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'))
-			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-	}
-
-	while (len--) {
-		c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
-		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
-			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-	}
-	/*
-	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
-	 * to use its own hash..
-	 */
-	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, &this);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	err = inode_permission(base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	err = lookup_one_len_common(name, base, len, &this);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	return __lookup_hash(&this, base, 0);
+	dentry = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
+	return dentry ? dentry : __lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len);
 
@@ -2490,37 +2507,10 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 				       struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
 	struct qstr this;
-	unsigned int c;
 	int err;
 	struct dentry *ret;
 
-	this.name = name;
-	this.len = len;
-	this.hash = full_name_hash(base, name, len);
-	if (!len)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-
-	if (unlikely(name[0] == '.')) {
-		if (len < 2 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'))
-			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-	}
-
-	while (len--) {
-		c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
-		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
-			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-	}
-	/*
-	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
-	 * to use its own hash..
-	 */
-	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, &this);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	err = inode_permission(base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	err = lookup_one_len_common(name, base, len, &this);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);