diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 05004f8880ce..164fd63dff40 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		fa |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY;
 
 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	new_de = __getname();
+	new_de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_de) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out1;
@@ -1720,10 +1720,9 @@ int ntfs_link_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct NTFS_DE *de;
 
 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	de = __getname();
+	de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(de, 0, PATH_MAX);
 
 	/* Mark rw ntfs as dirty. It will be cleared at umount. */
 	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY);
@@ -1759,7 +1758,7 @@ int ntfs_unlink_inode(struct inode *dir, const struct dentry *dentry)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */
-	de = __getname();
+	de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;