diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index dda33d648354..3813fdfee4be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ void bitmap_status(struct seq_file *seq, struct bitmap *bitmap)
 		   chunk_kb ? "KB" : "B");
 	if (bitmap->storage.file) {
 		seq_printf(seq, ", file: ");
-		seq_path(seq, &bitmap->storage.file->f_path, " \t\n");
+		seq_file_path(seq, bitmap->storage.file, " \t\n");
 	}
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "\n");
diff --git a/fs/proc/nommu.c b/fs/proc/nommu.c
index d4a35746cab9..f8595e8b5cd0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/nommu.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int nommu_region_show(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_region *region)
 
 	if (file) {
 		seq_pad(m, ' ');
-		seq_path(m, &file->f_path, "");
+		seq_file_path(m, file, "");
 	}
 
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 6dee68d013ff..ca1e091881d4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ show_map_vma(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma, int is_pid)
 	 */
 	if (file) {
 		seq_pad(m, ' ');
-		seq_path(m, &file->f_path, "\n");
+		seq_file_path(m, file, "\n");
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static int show_numa_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v, int is_pid)
 
 	if (file) {
 		seq_puts(m, " file=");
-		seq_path(m, &file->f_path, "\n\t= ");
+		seq_file_path(m, file, "\n\t= ");
 	} else if (vma->vm_start <= mm->brk && vma->vm_end >= mm->start_brk) {
 		seq_puts(m, " heap");
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 599ec2e20104..e0d64c92e4f6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int nommu_vma_show(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (file) {
 		seq_pad(m, ' ');
-		seq_path(m, &file->f_path, "");
+		seq_file_path(m, file, "");
 	} else if (mm) {
 		pid_t tid = pid_of_stack(priv, vma, is_pid);
 
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 555f82155be8..d8a0545ad7ea 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -487,6 +487,20 @@ int seq_path(struct seq_file *m, const struct path *path, const char *esc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_path);
 
+/**
+ * seq_file_path - seq_file interface to print a pathname of a file
+ * @m: the seq_file handle
+ * @file: the struct file to print
+ * @esc: set of characters to escape in the output
+ *
+ * return the absolute path to the file.
+ */
+int seq_file_path(struct seq_file *m, struct file *file, const char *esc)
+{
+	return seq_path(m, &file->f_path, esc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_file_path);
+
 /*
  * Same as seq_path, but relative to supplied root.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index afbb1fd77c77..912a7c482649 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ __printf(2, 3) int seq_printf(struct seq_file *, const char *, ...);
 __printf(2, 0) int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *, const char *, va_list args);
 
 int seq_path(struct seq_file *, const struct path *, const char *);
+int seq_file_path(struct seq_file *, struct file *, const char *);
 int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *, const char *);
 int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, const struct path *path,
 		  const struct path *root, const char *esc);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index a7e72103f23b..41e4581af7c5 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ static int swap_show(struct seq_file *swap, void *v)
 	}
 
 	file = si->swap_file;
-	len = seq_path(swap, &file->f_path, " \t\n\\");
+	len = seq_file_path(swap, file, " \t\n\\");
 	seq_printf(swap, "%*s%s\t%u\t%u\t%d\n",
 			len < 40 ? 40 - len : 1, " ",
 			S_ISBLK(file_inode(file)->i_mode) ?