diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index ebfd382..cf78233 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4368,25 +4368,6 @@
 	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
-/* copied from user_path_parent. */
-static int ocfs2_user_path_parent(const char __user *path,
-				  struct nameidata *nd, char **name)
-{
-	char *s = getname(path);
-	int error;
-
-	if (IS_ERR(s))
-		return PTR_ERR(s);
-
-	error = kern_path_parent(s, nd);
-	if (error)
-		putname(s);
-	else
-		*name = s;
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 /**
  * ocfs2_vfs_reflink - Create a reference-counted link
  *
@@ -4460,10 +4441,8 @@
 			bool preserve)
 {
 	struct dentry *new_dentry;
-	struct nameidata nd;
-	struct path old_path;
+	struct path old_path, new_path;
 	int error;
-	char *to = NULL;
 
 	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -4474,39 +4453,33 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	error = ocfs2_user_path_parent(newname, &nd, &to);
-	if (error) {
+	new_dentry = user_path_create(AT_FDCWD, newname, &new_path, 0);
+	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	error = -EXDEV;
-	if (old_path.mnt != nd.path.mnt)
-		goto out_release;
-	new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
-	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+	if (old_path.mnt != new_path.mnt) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+	error = mnt_want_write(new_path.mnt);
 	if (error) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
 	error = ocfs2_vfs_reflink(old_path.dentry,
-				  nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
+				  new_path.dentry->d_inode,
 				  new_dentry, preserve);
-	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+	mnt_drop_write(new_path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(new_dentry);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-out_release:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
-	putname(to);
+	mutex_unlock(&new_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	path_put(&new_path);
 out:
 	path_put(&old_path);