diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index b5687d74b449..bcdc1ec90a96 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int ntfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *name)
 	/*
 	 * Try slow way with current upcase table
 	 */
-	uni = __getname();
+	uni = kmem_cache_alloc(names_cachep, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	if (!uni)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int ntfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *name)
 	err = 0;
 
 out:
-	__putname(uni);
+	kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, uni);
 	return err;
 }