diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c006bc61d1ea..527119afb6a5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int __follow_mount(struct path *path)
 {
 	int res = 0;
 	while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry)) {
-		struct vfsmount *mounted = lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
+		struct vfsmount *mounted = lookup_mnt(path);
 		if (!mounted)
 			break;
 		dput(path->dentry);
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static int __follow_mount(struct path *path)
 static void follow_mount(struct path *path)
 {
 	while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry)) {
-		struct vfsmount *mounted = lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
+		struct vfsmount *mounted = lookup_mnt(path);
 		if (!mounted)
 			break;
 		dput(path->dentry);
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int follow_down(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mounted;
 
-	mounted = lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
+	mounted = lookup_mnt(path);
 	if (mounted) {
 		dput(path->dentry);
 		mntput(path->mnt);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index ba5237be1cf9..b94ad3d685ff 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -442,11 +442,11 @@ struct vfsmount *__lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
  * lookup_mnt increments the ref count before returning
  * the vfsmount struct.
  */
-struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
+struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *child_mnt;
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
-	if ((child_mnt = __lookup_mnt(mnt, dentry, 1)))
+	if ((child_mnt = __lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry, 1)))
 		mntget(child_mnt);
 	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	return child_mnt;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 97978004338d..72ce2ae88591 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static inline int d_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry->d_mounted;
 }
 
-extern struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *);
+extern struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct path *);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir);
 
 extern int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;