diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 92ad7a2168e1..9d7ee2de682c 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3640,8 +3640,8 @@ void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void)
 
 void __init vfs_caches_init(void)
 {
-	names_cachep = kmem_cache_create("names_cache", PATH_MAX, 0,
-			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+	names_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("names_cache", PATH_MAX, 0,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, 0, PATH_MAX, NULL);
 
 	dcache_init();
 	inode_init();