diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 34d85514e225..d9728163ae6c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@ static void f2fs_trace_rw_file_path(struct kiocb *iocb, size_t count, int rw)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	char *buf, *path;
 
-	buf = f2fs_kmalloc(F2FS_I_SB(inode), PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = f2fs_getname(F2FS_I_SB(inode));
 	if (!buf)
 		return;
 	path = dentry_path_raw(file_dentry(iocb->ki_filp), buf, PATH_MAX);