diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/tracefile.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/tracefile.c
index 68c77d381395..357f40079ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/tracefile.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/tracefile.c
@@ -275,12 +275,9 @@ int libcfs_debug_vmsg2(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *msgdata,
 	int			i;
 	int			remain;
 	int			mask = msgdata->msg_mask;
-	char		      *file = (char *)msgdata->msg_file;
+	const char		*file = kbasename(msgdata->msg_file);
 	cfs_debug_limit_state_t   *cdls = msgdata->msg_cdls;
 
-	if (strchr(file, '/'))
-		file = strrchr(file, '/') + 1;
-
 	tcd = cfs_trace_get_tcd();
 
 	/* cfs_trace_get_tcd() grabs a lock, which disables preemption and