diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index ab61388f819c..13720baf079d 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		fa |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY;

 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	new_de = __getname();
+	new_de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_de) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out1;
@@ -1723,10 +1723,9 @@ int ntfs_link_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct NTFS_DE *de;

 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	de = __getname();
+	de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(de, 0, PATH_MAX);

 	/* Mark rw ntfs as dirty. It will be cleared at umount. */
 	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY);
@@ -1762,7 +1761,7 @@ int ntfs_unlink_inode(struct inode *dir, const struct dentry *dentry)
 		return -EINVAL;

 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	de = __getname();
+	de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;