diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index dc37c0238b46..040c2586d483 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2066,42 +2066,19 @@ struct dentry *d_add_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
 
-/*
- * Do the slow-case of the dentry name compare.
- *
- * Unlike the dentry_cmp() function, we need to atomically
- * load the name and length information, so that the
- * filesystem can rely on them, and can use the 'name' and
- * 'len' information without worrying about walking off the
- * end of memory etc.
- *
- * Thus the read_seqcount_retry() and the "duplicate" info
- * in arguments (the low-level filesystem should not look
- * at the dentry inode or name contents directly, since
- * rename can change them while we're in RCU mode).
- */
-enum slow_d_compare {
-	D_COMP_OK,
-	D_COMP_NOMATCH,
-	D_COMP_SEQRETRY,
-};
 
-static noinline enum slow_d_compare slow_dentry_cmp(
-		const struct dentry *parent,
-		struct dentry *dentry,
-		unsigned int seq,
-		const struct qstr *name)
+static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
+				const struct dentry *parent,
+				const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
-	const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-
-	if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq)) {
-		cpu_relax();
-		return D_COMP_SEQRETRY;
+	if (likely(!(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE))) {
+		if (dentry->d_name.len != name->len)
+			return false;
+		return dentry_cmp(dentry, name->name, name->len) == 0;
 	}
-	if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
-		return D_COMP_NOMATCH;
-	return D_COMP_OK;
+	return parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry,
+				       dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
+				       name) == 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2180,6 +2157,9 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 		 * dentry compare, we will do seqretries until it is stable,
 		 * and if we end up with a successful lookup, we actually
 		 * want to exit RCU lookup anyway.
+		 *
+		 * Note that raw_seqcount_begin still *does* smp_rmb(), so
+		 * we are still guaranteed NUL-termination of ->d_name.name.
 		 */
 		seq = raw_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
@@ -2188,24 +2168,28 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 			continue;
 
 		if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE)) {
+			int tlen;
+			const char *tname;
 			if (dentry->d_name.hash != hashlen_hash(hashlen))
 				continue;
-			*seqp = seq;
-			switch (slow_dentry_cmp(parent, dentry, seq, name)) {
-			case D_COMP_OK:
-				return dentry;
-			case D_COMP_NOMATCH:
-				continue;
-			default:
+			tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
+			tname = dentry->d_name.name;
+			/* we want a consistent (name,len) pair */
+			if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq)) {
+				cpu_relax();
 				goto seqretry;
 			}
+			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry,
+						    tlen, tname, name) != 0)
+				continue;
+		} else {
+			if (dentry->d_name.hash_len != hashlen)
+				continue;
+			if (dentry_cmp(dentry, str, hashlen_len(hashlen)) != 0)
+				continue;
 		}
-
-		if (dentry->d_name.hash_len != hashlen)
-			continue;
 		*seqp = seq;
-		if (!dentry_cmp(dentry, str, hashlen_len(hashlen)))
-			return dentry;
+		return dentry;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -2253,9 +2237,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_lookup);
  */
 struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *parent, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	unsigned int len = name->len;
 	unsigned int hash = name->hash;
-	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
 	struct hlist_bl_head *b = d_hash(parent, hash);
 	struct hlist_bl_node *node;
 	struct dentry *found = NULL;
@@ -2294,21 +2276,8 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *parent, const struct qstr *name)
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 			goto next;
 
-		/*
-		 * It is safe to compare names since d_move() cannot
-		 * change the qstr (protected by d_lock).
-		 */
-		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
-			int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
-			const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
-				goto next;
-		} else {
-			if (dentry->d_name.len != len)
-				goto next;
-			if (dentry_cmp(dentry, str, len))
-				goto next;
-		}
+		if (!d_same_name(dentry, parent, name))
+			goto next;
 
 		dentry->d_lockref.count++;
 		found = dentry;
@@ -2461,9 +2430,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 				const struct qstr *name,
 				wait_queue_head_t *wq)
 {
-	unsigned int len = name->len;
 	unsigned int hash = name->hash;
-	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
 	struct hlist_bl_head *b = in_lookup_hash(parent, hash);
 	struct hlist_bl_node *node;
 	struct dentry *new = d_alloc(parent, name);
@@ -2514,17 +2481,8 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 			continue;
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
 			continue;
-		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
-			int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
-			const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
-				continue;
-		} else {
-			if (dentry->d_name.len != len)
-				continue;
-			if (dentry_cmp(dentry, str, len))
-				continue;
-		}
+		if (!d_same_name(dentry, parent, name))
+			continue;
 		hlist_bl_unlock(b);
 		/* now we can try to grab a reference */
 		if (!lockref_get_not_dead(&dentry->d_lockref)) {
@@ -2551,17 +2509,8 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 			goto mismatch;
 		if (unlikely(d_unhashed(dentry)))
 			goto mismatch;
-		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
-			int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
-			const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
-				goto mismatch;
-		} else {
-			if (unlikely(dentry->d_name.len != len))
-				goto mismatch;
-			if (unlikely(dentry_cmp(dentry, str, len)))
-				goto mismatch;
-		}
+		if (unlikely(!d_same_name(dentry, parent, name)))
+			goto mismatch;
 		/* OK, it *is* a hashed match; return it */
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dput(new);
@@ -2657,8 +2606,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add);
 struct dentry *d_exact_alias(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *alias;
-	int len = entry->d_name.len;
-	const char *name = entry->d_name.name;
 	unsigned int hash = entry->d_name.hash;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -2672,9 +2619,7 @@ struct dentry *d_exact_alias(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
 			continue;
 		if (alias->d_parent != entry->d_parent)
 			continue;
-		if (alias->d_name.len != len)
-			continue;
-		if (dentry_cmp(alias, name, len))
+		if (!d_same_name(alias, entry->d_parent, &entry->d_name))
 			continue;
 		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
 		if (!d_unhashed(alias)) {