diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 8c0e5442597e..8ec73f6cf6ec 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static struct kernfs_node *kernfs_common_ancestor(struct kernfs_node *a,
  *
  * [3] when @kn_to is %NULL result will be "(null)"
  *
- * Return: the length of the full path.  If the full length is equal to or
+ * Return: the length of the constructed path.  If the path would have been
  * greater than @buflen, @buf contains the truncated path with the trailing
  * '\0'.  On error, -errno is returned.
  */
@@ -138,16 +138,17 @@ static int kernfs_path_from_node_locked(struct kernfs_node *kn_to,
 	struct kernfs_node *kn, *common;
 	const char parent_str[] = "/..";
 	size_t depth_from, depth_to, len = 0;
+	ssize_t copied;
 	int i, j;
 
 	if (!kn_to)
-		return strlcpy(buf, "(null)", buflen);
+		return strscpy(buf, "(null)", buflen);
 
 	if (!kn_from)
 		kn_from = kernfs_root(kn_to)->kn;
 
 	if (kn_from == kn_to)
-		return strlcpy(buf, "/", buflen);
+		return strscpy(buf, "/", buflen);
 
 	common = kernfs_common_ancestor(kn_from, kn_to);
 	if (WARN_ON(!common))
@@ -158,18 +159,19 @@ static int kernfs_path_from_node_locked(struct kernfs_node *kn_to,
 
 	buf[0] = '\0';
 
-	for (i = 0; i < depth_from; i++)
-		len += strlcpy(buf + len, parent_str,
-			       len < buflen ? buflen - len : 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < depth_from; i++) {
+		copied = strscpy(buf + len, parent_str, buflen - len);
+		if (copied < 0)
+			return copied;
+		len += copied;
+	}
 
 	/* Calculate how many bytes we need for the rest */
 	for (i = depth_to - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		for (kn = kn_to, j = 0; j < i; j++)
 			kn = kn->parent;
-		len += strlcpy(buf + len, "/",
-			       len < buflen ? buflen - len : 0);
-		len += strlcpy(buf + len, kn->name,
-			       len < buflen ? buflen - len : 0);
+
+		len += scnprintf(buf + len, buflen - len, "/%s", kn->name);
 	}
 
 	return len;
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ int kernfs_name(struct kernfs_node *kn, char *buf, size_t buflen)
  * path (which includes '..'s) as needed to reach from @from to @to is
  * returned.
  *
- * Return: the length of the full path.  If the full length is equal to or
+ * Return: the length of the constructed path.  If the path would have been
  * greater than @buflen, @buf contains the truncated path with the trailing
  * '\0'.  On error, -errno is returned.
  */
@@ -265,12 +267,10 @@ void pr_cont_kernfs_path(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 	sz = kernfs_path_from_node(kn, NULL, kernfs_pr_cont_buf,
 				   sizeof(kernfs_pr_cont_buf));
 	if (sz < 0) {
-		pr_cont("(error)");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (sz >= sizeof(kernfs_pr_cont_buf)) {
-		pr_cont("(name too long)");
+		if (sz == -E2BIG)
+			pr_cont("(name too long)");
+		else
+			pr_cont("(error)");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 76db6c67e39a..9cb00ebe9ac6 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ void cgroup1_release_agent(struct work_struct *work)
 		goto out_free;
 
 	ret = cgroup_path_ns(cgrp, pathbuf, PATH_MAX, &init_cgroup_ns);
-	if (ret < 0 || ret >= PATH_MAX)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 
 	argv[0] = agentbuf;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4b9ff41ca603..8d2674c6aaef 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ int cgroup_show_path(struct seq_file *sf, struct kernfs_node *kf_node,
 	len = kernfs_path_from_node(kf_node, ns_cgroup->kn, buf, PATH_MAX);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 
-	if (len >= PATH_MAX)
+	if (len == -E2BIG)
 		len = -ERANGE;
 	else if (len > 0) {
 		seq_escape(sf, buf, " \t\n\\");
@@ -6301,7 +6301,7 @@ int proc_cgroup_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 		if (cgroup_on_dfl(cgrp) || !(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 			retval = cgroup_path_ns_locked(cgrp, buf, PATH_MAX,
 						current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
-			if (retval >= PATH_MAX)
+			if (retval == -E2BIG)
 				retval = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 			if (retval < 0)
 				goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 615daaf87f1f..fb29158ae825 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -4941,7 +4941,7 @@ int proc_cpuset_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	retval = cgroup_path_ns(css->cgroup, buf, PATH_MAX,
 				current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
 	css_put(css);
-	if (retval >= PATH_MAX)
+	if (retval == -E2BIG)
 		retval = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out_free;
