diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index e9c75e20db32..daa15d6ba450 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static void befs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
 static int befs_init_inodecache(void);
 static void befs_destroy_inodecache(void);
 static void *befs_follow_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-static void befs_put_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
+static void *befs_fast_follow_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static int befs_utf2nls(struct super_block *sb, const char *in, int in_len,
 			char **out, int *out_len);
 static int befs_nls2utf(struct super_block *sb, const char *in, int in_len,
@@ -79,10 +79,15 @@ static const struct address_space_operations befs_aops = {
 	.bmap		= befs_bmap,
 };
 
+static const struct inode_operations befs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= befs_fast_follow_link,
+};
+
 static const struct inode_operations befs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= befs_follow_link,
-	.put_link	= befs_put_link,
+	.put_link	= kfree_put_link,
 };
 
 /* 
@@ -411,7 +416,10 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_op = &befs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &befs_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		inode->i_op = &befs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		if (befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK)
+			inode->i_op = &befs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		else
+			inode->i_op = &befs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 	} else {
 		befs_error(sb, "Inode %lu is not a regular file, "
 			   "directory or symlink. THAT IS WRONG! BeFS has no "
@@ -477,47 +485,40 @@ befs_destroy_inodecache(void)
 static void *
 befs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	befs_inode_info *befs_ino = BEFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	befs_data_stream *data = &befs_ino->i_data.ds;
+	befs_off_t len = data->size;
 	char *link;
 
-	if (befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK) {
-		struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
-		befs_data_stream *data = &befs_ino->i_data.ds;
-		befs_off_t len = data->size;
+	if (len == 0) {
+		befs_error(sb, "Long symlink with illegal length");
+		link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	} else {
+		befs_debug(sb, "Follow long symlink");
 
-		if (len == 0) {
-			befs_error(sb, "Long symlink with illegal length");
+		link = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!link) {
+			link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		} else if (befs_read_lsymlink(sb, data, link, len) != len) {
+			kfree(link);
+			befs_error(sb, "Failed to read entire long symlink");
 			link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		} else {
-			befs_debug(sb, "Follow long symlink");
-
-			link = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-			if (!link) {
-				link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-			} else if (befs_read_lsymlink(sb, data, link, len) != len) {
-				kfree(link);
-				befs_error(sb, "Failed to read entire long symlink");
-				link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-			} else {
-				link[len - 1] = '\0';
-			}
+			link[len - 1] = '\0';
 		}
-	} else {
-		link = befs_ino->i_data.symlink;
 	}
-
 	nd_set_link(nd, link);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void befs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
+
+static void *
+befs_fast_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	befs_inode_info *befs_ino = BEFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
-	if (befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK) {
-		char *link = nd_get_link(nd);
-		if (!IS_ERR(link))
-			kfree(link);
-	}
+	nd_set_link(nd, befs_ino->i_data.symlink);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*