diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 053cfd9..316604c 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
 };
 
 /**
- * kernfs_create_file_ns_key - create a file
+ * __kernfs_create_file - kernfs internal function to create a file
  * @parent: directory to create the file in
  * @name: name of the file
  * @mode: mode of the file
@@ -770,23 +770,30 @@
  * @ops: kernfs operations for the file
  * @priv: private data for the file
  * @ns: optional namespace tag of the file
+ * @static_name: don't copy file name
  * @key: lockdep key for the file's active_ref, %NULL to disable lockdep
  *
  * Returns the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
  */
-struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_file_ns_key(struct kernfs_node *parent,
-					      const char *name,
-					      umode_t mode, loff_t size,
-					      const struct kernfs_ops *ops,
-					      void *priv, const void *ns,
-					      struct lock_class_key *key)
+struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_create_file(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+					 const char *name,
+					 umode_t mode, loff_t size,
+					 const struct kernfs_ops *ops,
+					 void *priv, const void *ns,
+					 bool name_is_static,
+					 struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
 	struct kernfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
+	unsigned flags;
 	int rc;
 
+	flags = KERNFS_FILE;
+	if (name_is_static)
+		flags |= KERNFS_STATIC_NAME;
+
 	kn = kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent), name,
-			     (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, KERNFS_FILE);
+			     (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, flags);
 	if (!kn)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);