diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index c6e7606ff9e1..b3a37b9d259a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -141,18 +141,26 @@ static int ocfs2_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int ocfs2_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct name_snapshot name;
+	bool trace_enabled = trace_ocfs2_file_release_enabled();
+
+	if (trace_enabled)
+		take_dentry_name_snapshot(&name, dentry);
 
 	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
 	if (!--oi->ip_open_count)
 		oi->ip_flags &= ~OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT;
 
-	trace_ocfs2_file_release(inode, file, file->f_path.dentry,
-				 oi->ip_blkno,
-				 file->f_path.dentry->d_name.len,
-				 file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
-				 oi->ip_open_count);
+	if (trace_enabled)
+		trace_ocfs2_file_release(inode, file, dentry,
+					 oi->ip_blkno, name.name.len,
+					 name.name.name, oi->ip_open_count);
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
+	if (trace_enabled)
+		release_dentry_name_snapshot(&name);
+
 	ocfs2_free_file_private(inode, file);
 
 	return 0;