1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
index f55c89472ac0..baceb1da609f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
                           objectid, u8 type)
 {
         int ret = 0;
-        struct btrfs_path path;
+        struct btrfs_path *path;
         struct btrfs_dir_item *dir_item;
         char *name_ptr;
         struct btrfs_key key;
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
         btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY);
         ret = btrfs_name_hash(name, name_len, &key.offset);
         BUG_ON(ret);
-        btrfs_init_path(&path);
+        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+        btrfs_init_path(path);
         data_size = sizeof(*dir_item) + name_len;
-        ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, &path, &key, data_size);
+        ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &key, data_size);
         if (ret)
                 goto out;
 
-        dir_item = btrfs_item_ptr(btrfs_buffer_leaf(path.nodes[0]),
-                                  path.slots[0],
+        dir_item = btrfs_item_ptr(btrfs_buffer_leaf(path->nodes[0]),
+                                  path->slots[0],
                                   struct btrfs_dir_item);
         btrfs_set_dir_objectid(dir_item, objectid);
         btrfs_set_dir_type(dir_item, type);
         btrfs_set_dir_flags(dir_item, 0);
         btrfs_set_dir_name_len(dir_item, name_len);
         name_ptr = (char *)(dir_item + 1);
-        btrfs_memcpy(root, path.nodes[0]->b_data, name_ptr, name, name_len);
-        btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path.nodes[0]);
+        btrfs_memcpy(root, path->nodes[0]->b_data, name_ptr, name, name_len);
+        btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[0]);
 out:
-        btrfs_release_path(root, &path);
+        btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+        btrfs_free_path(path);
         return ret;
 }