diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index e42e17e55bfd..b1ea7dfbd149 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -187,11 +188,13 @@ put_exe_file:
  * name into corename, which must have space for at least
  * CORENAME_MAX_SIZE bytes plus one byte for the zero terminator.
  */
-static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm)
+static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
+			   size_t **argv, int *argc)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	const char *pat_ptr = core_pattern;
 	int ispipe = (*pat_ptr == '|');
+	bool was_space = false;
 	int pid_in_pattern = 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -201,12 +204,35 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	cn->corename[0] = '\0';
 
-	if (ispipe)
+	if (ispipe) {
+		int argvs = sizeof(core_pattern) / 2;
+		(*argv) = kmalloc_array(argvs, sizeof(**argv), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!(*argv))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		(*argv)[(*argc)++] = 0;
 		++pat_ptr;
+	}
 
 	/* Repeat as long as we have more pattern to process and more output
 	   space */
 	while (*pat_ptr) {
+		/*
+		 * Split on spaces before doing template expansion so that
+		 * %e and %E don't get split if they have spaces in them
+		 */
+		if (ispipe) {
+			if (isspace(*pat_ptr)) {
+				was_space = true;
+				pat_ptr++;
+				continue;
+			} else if (was_space) {
+				was_space = false;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%c", '\0');
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+				(*argv)[(*argc)++] = cn->used;
+			}
+		}
 		if (*pat_ptr != '%') {
 			err = cn_printf(cn, "%c", *pat_ptr++);
 		} else {
@@ -546,6 +572,8 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 	struct cred *cred;
 	int retval = 0;
 	int ispipe;
+	size_t *argv = NULL;
+	int argc = 0;
 	struct files_struct *displaced;
 	/* require nonrelative corefile path and be extra careful */
 	bool need_suid_safe = false;
@@ -592,9 +620,10 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 
 	old_cred = override_creds(cred);
 
-	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, &cprm);
+	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, &cprm, &argv, &argc);
 
 	if (ispipe) {
+		int argi;
 		int dump_count;
 		char **helper_argv;
 		struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
@@ -637,12 +666,16 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 			goto fail_dropcount;
 		}
 
-		helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, cn.corename, NULL);
+		helper_argv = kmalloc_array(argc + 1, sizeof(*helper_argv),
+					    GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!helper_argv) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s failed to allocate memory\n",
 			       __func__);
 			goto fail_dropcount;
 		}
+		for (argi = 0; argi < argc; argi++)
+			helper_argv[argi] = cn.corename + argv[argi];
+		helper_argv[argi] = NULL;
 
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(helper_argv[0],
@@ -652,7 +685,7 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 			retval = call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info,
 							  UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
 
-		argv_free(helper_argv);
+		kfree(helper_argv);
 		if (retval) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "Core dump to |%s pipe failed\n",
 			       cn.corename);
@@ -766,6 +799,7 @@ fail_dropcount:
 	if (ispipe)
 		atomic_dec(&core_dump_count);
 fail_unlock:
+	kfree(argv);
 	kfree(cn.corename);
 	coredump_finish(mm, core_dumped);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);