diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index eee2990cb7c7..fcb09aa2af8f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 633b45454503489209b0d9a45f9e3cd1b852c614
+refs/heads/master: 4043cde8ecf7f7d880eb1133c201a3d392fd68c3
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index c283a1ec008e..208c6aa4a989 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -140,21 +140,19 @@ static int do_getname(const char __user *filename, char *page)
 
 static char *getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
 {
-	char *tmp, *result;
-
-	result = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	tmp = __getname();
-	if (tmp)  {
-		int retval = do_getname(filename, tmp);
-
-		result = tmp;
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			if (retval == -ENOENT && empty)
-				*empty = 1;
-			if (retval != -ENOENT || !(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY)) {
-				__putname(tmp);
-				result = ERR_PTR(retval);
-			}
+	char *result = __getname();
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!result)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	retval = do_getname(filename, result);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		if (retval == -ENOENT && empty)
+			*empty = 1;
+		if (retval != -ENOENT || !(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY)) {
+			__putname(result);
+			return ERR_PTR(retval);
 		}
 	}
 	audit_getname(result);
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c b/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c
index bd084a13c719..9161e70a4379 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ void __audit_getname(const char *name)
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 	struct audit_names *n;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(name) || !name)
-		return;
-
 	if (!context->in_syscall) {
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG == 2
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s:%d(:%d): ignoring getname(%p)\n",