diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index da89cdfb21ab..9a59653d3449 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2686,8 +2686,13 @@ char *d_path(const struct path *path, char *buf, int buflen)
 	 * thus don't need to be hashed.  They also don't need a name until a
 	 * user wants to identify the object in /proc/pid/fd/.  The little hack
 	 * below allows us to generate a name for these objects on demand:
+	 *
+	 * Some pseudo inodes are mountable.  When they are mounted
+	 * path->dentry == path->mnt->mnt_root.  In that case don't call d_dname
+	 * and instead have d_path return the mounted path.
 	 */
-	if (path->dentry->d_op && path->dentry->d_op->d_dname)
+	if (path->dentry->d_op && path->dentry->d_op->d_dname &&
+	    (!IS_ROOT(path->dentry) || path->dentry != path->mnt->mnt_root))
 		return path->dentry->d_op->d_dname(path->dentry, buf, buflen);
 
 	get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);