1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a9f995f6859e..95efb7b2bf84 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rename_lock);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *dentry_cache __read_mostly;
 
+const struct qstr empty_name = QSTR_INIT("", 0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_name);
+const struct qstr slash_name = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(slash_name);
+
 /*
  * This is the single most critical data structure when it comes
  * to the dcache: the hashtable for lookups. Somebody should try
@@ -1578,8 +1583,7 @@ struct dentry *__d_alloc(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
          */
         dentry->d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN-1] = 0;
         if (unlikely(!name)) {
-                static const struct qstr anon = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
-                name = &anon;
+                name = &slash_name;
                 dname = dentry->d_iname;
         } else if (name->len > DNAME_INLINE_LEN-1) {
                 size_t size = offsetof(struct external_name, name[1]);