diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index 644d48c12ce8..3aec27e5eb82 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ static long coda_pioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	 * Look up the pathname. Note that the pathname is in
 	 * user memory, and namei takes care of this
 	 */
-	if (data.follow)
-		error = user_path(data.path, &path);
-	else
-		error = user_lpath(data.path, &path);
-
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, data.path,
+			     data.follow ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0, &path);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 697f8820dff5..b73478244356 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3044,7 +3044,7 @@ long do_mount(const char *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* ... and get the mountpoint */
-	retval = user_path(dir_name, &path);
+	retval = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, dir_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -3591,11 +3591,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	if (!may_mount())
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	error = user_path_dir(new_root, &new);
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, new_root,
+			     LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &new);
 	if (error)
 		goto out0;
 
-	error = user_path_dir(put_old, &old);
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, put_old,
+			     LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &old);
 	if (error)
 		goto out1;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 6f7848cd5527..affa557c2337 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ xfs_find_handle(
 			return -EBADF;
 		inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	} else {
-		error = user_lpath((const char __user *)hreq->path, &path);
+		error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, hreq->path, 0, &path);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 		inode = d_inode(path.dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 1a504fc7994f..b7993980516e 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -48,22 +48,6 @@ static inline int user_path_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,
 	return user_path_at_empty(dfd, name, flags, path, NULL);
 }
 
-static inline int user_path(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
-{
-	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, path, NULL);
-}
-
-static inline int user_lpath(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
-{
-	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path, NULL);
-}
-
-static inline int user_path_dir(const char __user *name, struct path *path)
-{
-	return user_path_at_empty(AT_FDCWD, name,
-				  LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, path, NULL);
-}
-
 extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);