diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index 79fbb61..1e09eb7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 static char *nfs4_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
 {
 	char *limit;
-	char *path = nfs_path(&limit, dentry, buffer, buflen);
+	char *path = nfs_path(&limit, dentry, buffer, buflen,
+			      NFS_PATH_CANONICAL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(path)) {
 		char *path_component = nfs_path_component(path, limit);
 		if (path_component)