diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 1038e23..d51cba8 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@
 	return (ino & (AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS-1));
 }
 
+/* Indicates that audit should log the full pathname. */
+#define AUDIT_NAME_FULL -1
+
 extern int audit_match_class(int class, unsigned syscall);
 extern int audit_comparator(const u32 left, const u32 op, const u32 right);
 extern int audit_uid_comparator(kuid_t left, u32 op, kuid_t right);
 extern int audit_gid_comparator(kgid_t left, u32 op, kgid_t right);
 extern int parent_len(const char *path);
-extern int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path);
+extern int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path, int plen);
 extern struct sk_buff *	    audit_make_reply(int pid, int seq, int type,
 					     int done, int multi,
 					     const void *payload, int size);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index deb97c13..9a9ae6e 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@
 	/* Run all of the watches on this parent looking for the one that
 	 * matches the given dname */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(owatch, nextw, &parent->watches, wlist) {
-		if (audit_compare_dname_path(dname, owatch->path))
+		if (audit_compare_dname_path(dname, owatch->path,
+					     AUDIT_NAME_FULL))
 			continue;
 
 		/* If the update involves invalidating rules, do the inode-based
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index d705eb1..7f19f23 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -1328,11 +1328,17 @@
 	return p - path;
 }
 
-/* Compare given dentry name with last component in given path,
- * return of 0 indicates a match. */
-int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path)
+/**
+ * audit_compare_dname_path - compare given dentry name with last component in
+ * 			      given path. Return of 0 indicates a match.
+ * @dname:	dentry name that we're comparing
+ * @path:	full pathname that we're comparing
+ * @parentlen:	length of the parent if known. Passing in AUDIT_NAME_FULL
+ * 		here indicates that we must compute this value.
+ */
+int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path, int parentlen)
 {
-	int dlen, pathlen, parentlen;
+	int dlen, pathlen;
 	const char *p;
 
 	dlen = strlen(dname);
@@ -1340,7 +1346,7 @@
 	if (pathlen < dlen)
 		return 1;
 
-	parentlen = parent_len(path);
+	parentlen = parentlen == AUDIT_NAME_FULL ? parent_len(path) : parentlen;
 	if (pathlen - parentlen != dlen)
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 09c7b6b..0160a68 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@
  * a name dynamically and also add those to the list anchored by names_list. */
 #define AUDIT_NAMES	5
 
-/* Indicates that audit should log the full pathname. */
-#define AUDIT_NAME_FULL -1
-
 /* no execve audit message should be longer than this (userspace limits) */
 #define MAX_EXECVE_AUDIT_LEN 7500
 
@@ -2222,7 +2219,7 @@
 			continue;
 
 		if (n->ino == parent->i_ino &&
-		    !audit_compare_dname_path(dname, n->name)) {
+		    !audit_compare_dname_path(dname, n->name, n->name_len)) {
 			found_parent = n->name;
 			goto add_names;
 		}
@@ -2235,7 +2232,8 @@
 
 		/* strcmp() is the more likely scenario */
 		if (!strcmp(dname, n->name) ||
-		     !audit_compare_dname_path(dname, n->name)) {
+		    !audit_compare_dname_path(dname, n->name,
+						AUDIT_NAME_FULL)) {
 			if (inode)
 				audit_copy_inode(n, dentry, inode);
 			else