case -EBUSY:
                /* someone else made a mount here whilst we were busy */
                while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry) &&
-                      follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+                      follow_down(&nd->path))
                        ;
                err = 0;
        default:
 
                }
                path.mnt = mnt;
                path_get(&path);
-               if (!follow_down(&path.mnt, &path.dentry)) {
+               if (!follow_down(&path)) {
                        path_put(&path);
                        DPRINTK(("autofs: not expirable (not a mounted directory): %s\n", ent->name));
                        continue;
                }
-               while (d_mountpoint(path.dentry) &&
-                      follow_down(&path.mnt, &path.dentry))
+               while (d_mountpoint(path.dentry) && follow_down(&path));
                        ;
                umount_ok = may_umount(path.mnt);
                path_put(&path);
 
 int autofs4_wait_release(struct autofs_sb_info *,autofs_wqt_t,int);
 void autofs4_catatonic_mode(struct autofs_sb_info *);
 
-static inline int autofs4_follow_mount(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry)
+static inline int autofs4_follow_mount(struct path *path)
 {
        int res = 0;
 
-       while (d_mountpoint(*dentry)) {
-               int followed = follow_down(mnt, dentry);
+       while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry)) {
+               int followed = follow_down(path);
                if (!followed)
                        break;
                res = 1;
 
                err = have_submounts(path.dentry);
 
                if (path.mnt->mnt_mountpoint != path.mnt->mnt_root) {
-                       if (follow_down(&path.mnt, &path.dentry))
+                       if (follow_down(&path))
                                magic = path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic;
                }
        }
 
 static int autofs4_mount_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        struct dentry *top = dentry;
+       struct path path = {.mnt = mnt, .dentry = dentry};
        int status = 1;
 
        DPRINTK("dentry %p %.*s",
                dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-       mntget(mnt);
-       dget(dentry);
+       path_get(&path);
 
-       if (!follow_down(&mnt, &dentry))
+       if (!follow_down(&path))
                goto done;
 
-       if (is_autofs4_dentry(dentry)) {
-               struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
+       if (is_autofs4_dentry(path.dentry)) {
+               struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(path.dentry->d_sb);
 
                /* This is an autofs submount, we can't expire it */
                if (autofs_type_indirect(sbi->type))
                 * Otherwise it's an offset mount and we need to check
                 * if we can umount its mount, if there is one.
                 */
-               if (!d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+               if (!d_mountpoint(path.dentry)) {
                        status = 0;
                        goto done;
                }
        status = 0;
 done:
        DPRINTK("returning = %d", status);
-       dput(dentry);
-       mntput(mnt);
+       path_put(&path);
        return status;
 }
 
 
                nd->flags);
        /*
         * For an expire of a covered direct or offset mount we need
-        * to beeak out of follow_down() at the autofs mount trigger
+        * to break out of follow_down() at the autofs mount trigger
         * (d_mounted--), so we can see the expiring flag, and manage
         * the blocking and following here until the expire is completed.
         */
                if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
                        spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                        /* Follow down to our covering mount. */
-                       if (!follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+                       if (!follow_down(&nd->path))
                                goto done;
                        goto follow;
                }
         * to follow it.
         */
        if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-               if (!autofs4_follow_mount(&nd->path.mnt,
-                                         &nd->path.dentry)) {
+               if (!autofs4_follow_mount(&nd->path)) {
                        status = -ENOENT;
                        goto out_error;
                }
 
        case -EBUSY:
                /* someone else made a mount here whilst we were busy */
                while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry) &&
-                      follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+                      follow_down(&nd->path))
                        ;
                err = 0;
        default:
 
 /* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in
  * namespace.c
  */
-int follow_down(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry)
+int follow_down(struct path *path)
 {
        struct vfsmount *mounted;
 
-       mounted = lookup_mnt(*mnt, *dentry);
+       mounted = lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
        if (mounted) {
-               dput(*dentry);
-               mntput(*mnt);
-               *mnt = mounted;
-               *dentry = dget(mounted->mnt_root);
+               dput(path->dentry);
+               mntput(path->mnt);
+               path->mnt = mounted;
+               path->dentry = dget(mounted->mnt_root);
                return 1;
        }
        return 0;
 
 
        down_write(&namespace_sem);
        while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry) &&
-              follow_down(&path->mnt, &path->dentry))
+              follow_down(path))
                ;
        err = -EINVAL;
        if (!check_mnt(path->mnt) || !check_mnt(old_path.mnt))
        down_write(&namespace_sem);
        /* Something was mounted here while we slept */
        while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry) &&
-              follow_down(&path->mnt, &path->dentry))
+              follow_down(path))
                ;
        err = -EINVAL;
        if (!(mnt_flags & MNT_SHRINKABLE) && !check_mnt(path->mnt))
 
        goto out;
 out_follow:
        while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry) &&
-              follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+              follow_down(&nd->path))
                ;
        err = 0;
        goto out;
 
                            .dentry = dget(dentry)};
        int err = 0;
 
-       while (follow_down(&path.mnt, &path.dentry) &&
-              d_mountpoint(path.dentry))
+       while (d_mountpoint(path.dentry) && follow_down(&path))
                ;
 
        exp2 = rqst_exp_get_by_name(rqstp, &path);
 
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_noperm(const char *, struct dentry *);
 
-extern int follow_down(struct vfsmount **, struct dentry **);
+extern int follow_down(struct path *);
 extern int follow_up(struct path *);
 
 extern struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);