diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 187a7d32f86a..a3d2ce54ea2e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static long do_spu_create(const char __user *pathname, unsigned int flags,
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 		struct nameidata nd;
 
-		ret = path_lookup(tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		ret = kern_path_parent(tmp, &nd);
 		if (!ret) {
 			nd.flags |= LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE;
 			ret = spufs_create(&nd, flags, mode, neighbor);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a4689eb2df28..1d6bc8151553 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1747,10 +1747,9 @@ static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int path_lookup(const char *name, unsigned int flags,
-			struct nameidata *nd)
+int kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, flags, nd);
+	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_PARENT, nd);
 }
 
 int kern_path(const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct path *path)
@@ -3586,7 +3585,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_readlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink_inode_operations);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_parent);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 19ebc5aad391..29623da133cc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4379,7 +4379,7 @@ static int ocfs2_user_path_parent(const char __user *path,
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return PTR_ERR(s);
 
-	error = path_lookup(s, LOOKUP_PARENT, nd);
+	error = kern_path_parent(s, nd);
 	if (error)
 		putname(s);
 	else
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index f276d4fa01fc..58ce3433d4ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
 extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
-extern int path_lookup(const char *, unsigned, struct nameidata *);
+extern int kern_path_parent(const char *, struct nameidata *);
 extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 			   const char *, unsigned int, struct nameidata *);
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 20b9fe6907d0..e683869365d9 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int audit_get_nd(struct audit_watch *watch, struct path *parent)
 	struct dentry *d;
 	int err;
 
-	err = path_lookup(watch->path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	err = kern_path_parent(watch->path, &nd);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index dd419d286204..d8c04a602cf1 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 		 * Get the parent directory, calculate the hash for last
 		 * component.
 		 */
-		err = path_lookup(sunaddr->sun_path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		err = kern_path_parent(sunaddr->sun_path, &nd);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_mknod_parent;