diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 8590c97..56c0477 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ int sb_init_dio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb);
 /*
  * fs/stat.c:
  */
-int do_statx(int dfd, const char __user *filename, unsigned flags,
+
+int getname_statx_lookup_flags(int flags);
+int do_statx(int dfd, struct filename *filename, unsigned int flags,
 	     unsigned int mask, struct statx __user *buffer);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 5fa7363..496a2af 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ struct io_statx {
 	int				dfd;
 	unsigned int			mask;
 	unsigned int			flags;
-	const char __user		*filename;
+	struct filename			*filename;
 	struct statx __user		*buffer;
 };
 
@@ -5000,6 +5000,8 @@ static int io_fadvise(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 static int io_statx_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 {
+	const char __user *path;
+
 	if (unlikely(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (sqe->ioprio || sqe->buf_index || sqe->splice_fd_in)
@@ -5009,10 +5011,22 @@ static int io_statx_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 
 	req->statx.dfd = READ_ONCE(sqe->fd);
 	req->statx.mask = READ_ONCE(sqe->len);
-	req->statx.filename = u64_to_user_ptr(READ_ONCE(sqe->addr));
+	path = u64_to_user_ptr(READ_ONCE(sqe->addr));
 	req->statx.buffer = u64_to_user_ptr(READ_ONCE(sqe->addr2));
 	req->statx.flags = READ_ONCE(sqe->statx_flags);
 
+	req->statx.filename = getname_flags(path,
+					getname_statx_lookup_flags(req->statx.flags),
+					NULL);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(req->statx.filename)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(req->statx.filename);
+
+		req->statx.filename = NULL;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	req->flags |= REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -7112,6 +7126,10 @@ static void io_clean_op(struct io_kiocb *req)
 			putname(req->hardlink.oldpath);
 			putname(req->hardlink.newpath);
 			break;
+		case IORING_OP_STATX:
+			if (req->statx.filename)
+				putname(req->statx.filename);
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 	if ((req->flags & REQ_F_POLLED) && req->apoll) {
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 28d2020..7f734be 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@ int vfs_fstat(int fd, struct kstat *stat)
 	return error;
 }
 
+int getname_statx_lookup_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int lookup_flags = 0;
+
+	if (!(flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	if (!(flags & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT))
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
+	if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+
+	return lookup_flags;
+}
+
 /**
  * vfs_statx - Get basic and extra attributes by filename
  * @dfd: A file descriptor representing the base dir for a relative filename
@@ -199,26 +213,19 @@ int vfs_fstat(int fd, struct kstat *stat)
  *
  * 0 will be returned on success, and a -ve error code if unsuccessful.
  */
-static int vfs_statx(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
+static int vfs_statx(int dfd, struct filename *filename, int flags,
 	      struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask)
 {
 	struct path path;
-	unsigned lookup_flags = 0;
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = getname_statx_lookup_flags(flags);
 	int error;
 
 	if (flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT | AT_EMPTY_PATH |
 		      AT_STATX_SYNC_TYPE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!(flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
-		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-	if (!(flags & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT))
-		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
-	if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
-		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
-
 retry:
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
+	error = filename_lookup(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path, NULL);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -240,8 +247,15 @@ out:
 int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 			      struct kstat *stat, int flags)
 {
-	return vfs_statx(dfd, filename, flags | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT,
-			 stat, STATX_BASIC_STATS);
+	int ret;
+	int statx_flags = flags | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT;
+	struct filename *name;
+
+	name = getname_flags(filename, getname_statx_lookup_flags(statx_flags), NULL);
+	ret = vfs_statx(dfd, name, statx_flags, stat, STATX_BASIC_STATS);
+	putname(name);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_OLD_STAT
@@ -602,7 +616,7 @@ cp_statx(const struct kstat *stat, struct statx __user *buffer)
 	return copy_to_user(buffer, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-int do_statx(int dfd, const char __user *filename, unsigned flags,
+int do_statx(int dfd, struct filename *filename, unsigned int flags,
 	     unsigned int mask, struct statx __user *buffer)
 {
 	struct kstat stat;
@@ -636,7 +650,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(statx,
 		unsigned int, mask,
 		struct statx __user *, buffer)
 {
-	return do_statx(dfd, filename, flags, mask, buffer);
+	int ret;
+	struct filename *name;
+
+	name = getname_flags(filename, getname_statx_lookup_flags(flags), NULL);
+	ret = do_statx(dfd, name, flags, mask, buffer);
+	putname(name);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT