diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 37d7a68..59734ba 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 
 	down(&p->d_inode->i_sem);
-	*d = sysfs_get_dentry(p,n);
+	*d = lookup_one_len(n, p, strlen(n));
 	if (!IS_ERR(*d)) {
 		error = sysfs_make_dirent(p->d_fsdata, *d, k, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 		if (!error) {
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@
 
 	down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
 
-	new_dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(parent, new_name);
+	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, parent, strlen(new_name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
   		if (!new_dentry->d_inode) {
 			error = kobject_set_name(kobj, "%s", new_name);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 849aac1..e9cfa39 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
 	int res = -ENOENT;
 
 	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
-	victim = sysfs_get_dentry(dir, attr->name);
+	victim = lookup_one_len(attr->name, dir, strlen(attr->name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(victim)) {
 		/* make sure dentry is really there */
 		if (victim->d_inode && 
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@
 	int res = -ENOENT;
 
 	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
-	victim = sysfs_get_dentry(dir, attr->name);
+	victim = lookup_one_len(attr->name, dir, strlen(attr->name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(victim)) {
 		if (victim->d_inode &&
 		    (victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) {
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index f11ac5e..122145b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@
 	struct dentry * dir;
 
 	if (grp->name)
-		dir = sysfs_get_dentry(kobj->dentry,grp->name);
+		dir = lookup_one_len(grp->name, kobj->dentry,
+				strlen(grp->name));
 	else
 		dir = dget(kobj->dentry);
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 565cac1..8de13ba 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -166,16 +166,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-struct dentry * sysfs_get_dentry(struct dentry * parent, const char * name)
-{
-	struct qstr qstr;
-
-	qstr.name = name;
-	qstr.len = strlen(name);
-	qstr.hash = full_name_hash(name,qstr.len);
-	return lookup_hash(&qstr,parent);
-}
-
 /*
  * Get the name for corresponding element represented by the given sysfs_dirent
  */
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 29da6f5..3f8953e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
 				umode_t, int);
-extern struct dentry * sysfs_get_dentry(struct dentry *, const char *);
 
 extern int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry *, const struct attribute *, int);
 extern void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name);