diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 1b5f15653b1b..4ca3a8d1349d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ prototypes:
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen);
 	struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *path);
-	int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool);
+	int (*d_manage)(const struct path *, bool);
 	struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
 				 unsigned int);
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index b5039a00caaf..3893f4d44cd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 	struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *);
-	int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool);
+	int (*d_manage)(const struct path *, bool);
 	struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
 				 unsigned int);
 };
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index a11f73174877..3a4328218b71 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *,
 				     struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *);
-static int autofs4_d_manage(struct dentry *, bool);
+static int autofs4_d_manage(const struct path *, bool);
 static void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
 
 const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
@@ -421,8 +421,9 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int autofs4_d_manage(struct dentry *dentry, bool rcu_walk)
+static int autofs4_d_manage(const struct path *path, bool rcu_walk)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	int status;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5b4eed221530..81ac4736b596 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ static int follow_managed(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 		if (managed & DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT) {
 			BUG_ON(!path->dentry->d_op);
 			BUG_ON(!path->dentry->d_op->d_manage);
-			ret = path->dentry->d_op->d_manage(path->dentry, false);
+			ret = path->dentry->d_op->d_manage(path, false);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1263,10 +1263,10 @@ int follow_down_one(struct path *path)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_down_one);
 
-static inline int managed_dentry_rcu(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline int managed_dentry_rcu(const struct path *path)
 {
-	return (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT) ?
-		dentry->d_op->d_manage(dentry, true) : 0;
+	return (path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT) ?
+		path->dentry->d_op->d_manage(path, true) : 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		 * Don't forget we might have a non-mountpoint managed dentry
 		 * that wants to block transit.
 		 */
-		switch (managed_dentry_rcu(path->dentry)) {
+		switch (managed_dentry_rcu(path)) {
 		case -ECHILD:
 		default:
 			return false;
@@ -1392,8 +1392,7 @@ int follow_down(struct path *path)
 		if (managed & DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT) {
 			BUG_ON(!path->dentry->d_op);
 			BUG_ON(!path->dentry->d_op->d_manage);
-			ret = path->dentry->d_op->d_manage(
-				path->dentry, false);
+			ret = path->dentry->d_op->d_manage(path, false);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret == -EISDIR ? 0 : ret;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 5beed7b30561..bc529ce88ed0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 	struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *);
-	int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool);
+	int (*d_manage)(const struct path *, bool);
 	struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
 				 unsigned int);
 } ____cacheline_aligned;