diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 6b235ab1df6c7c9964540635d388b05fd14be7da..91262c34b797c3932680640b3643fe360a643b97 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 				const struct file_operations *fops,
 				void *priv, int flags)
 {
-	struct qstr this;
-	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
@@ -81,39 +79,24 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 	if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-	/*
-	 * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
-	 * using the inode sequence number.
-	 */
-	file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	this.name = name;
-	this.len = strlen(name);
-	this.hash = 0;
-	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
-	if (!path.dentry)
-		goto err_module;
-
-	path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
 	/*
 	 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
 	 * so ihold() is safe.
 	 */
 	ihold(anon_inode_inode);
-
-	d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
-
-	file = alloc_file(&path, flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK), fops);
+	file = alloc_file_pseudo(anon_inode_inode, anon_inode_mnt, name,
+				 flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK), fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto err_dput;
+		goto err;
+
 	file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
 
 	file->private_data = priv;
 
 	return file;
 
-err_dput:
-	path_put(&path);
-err_module:
+err:
+	iput(anon_inode_inode);
 	module_put(fops->owner);
 	return file;
 }