diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 6f48fa9c756a..2fea68991d42 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -129,14 +129,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_truncate);
 int do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length)
 {
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	struct filename *name;
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
 
 	if (length < 0)	/* sorry, but loff_t says... */
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	name = getname(pathname);
 retry:
-	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, pathname, lookup_flags, &path);
+	error = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, lookup_flags, &path, NULL);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = vfs_truncate(&path, length);
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ retry:
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
 		goto retry;
 	}
+	putname(name);
 	return error;
 }