diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d4d0b59ed2cc..5cc0dc95a7a5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1487,9 +1487,9 @@ int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
+int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
@@ -1510,13 +1510,13 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
 	if (S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 	    	flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 	} else if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODEV)
+		if (path->mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODEV)
 			return -EACCES;
 
 		flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 	}
 
-	error = vfs_permission(nd, acc_mode);
+	error = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/*
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
 		 */
 		error = locks_verify_locked(inode);
 		if (!error)
-			error = security_path_truncate(&nd->path, 0,
+			error = security_path_truncate(path, 0,
 					       ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME|ATTR_OPEN);
 		if (!error) {
 			DQUOT_INIT(inode);
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ static int __open_namei_create(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
-	return may_open(nd, 0, flag & ~O_TRUNC);
+	return may_open(&nd->path, 0, flag & ~O_TRUNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 		if (error)
 			goto exit;
 	}
-	error = may_open(&nd, acc_mode, flag);
+	error = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flag);
 	if (error) {
 		if (will_write)
 			mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
diff --git a/fs/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsctl.c
index b1acbd6ab6fb..b27451909dff 100644
--- a/fs/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsctl.c
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ static struct file *do_open(char *name, int flags)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
 	if (flags == O_RDWR)
-		error = may_open(&nd,MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE,FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE,
+					   FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
 	else
-		error = may_open(&nd, MAY_WRITE, FMODE_WRITE);
+		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_WRITE, FMODE_WRITE);
 
 	if (!error)
 		return dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index c5e4c5c74034..3468df5a06e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ extern void free_write_pipe(struct file *);
 
 extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 		int open_flag, int mode);
-extern int may_open(struct nameidata *, int, int);
+extern int may_open(struct path *, int, int);
 
 extern int kernel_read(struct file *, unsigned long, char *, unsigned long);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);