diff --git a/include/procutils.h b/include/procutils.h
index 3040d197b..9f8dd76ec 100644
--- a/include/procutils.h
+++ b/include/procutils.h
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ extern void proc_processes_filter_by_uid(struct proc_processes *ps, uid_t uid);
 extern int proc_next_pid(struct proc_processes *ps, pid_t *pid);
 
 extern char *proc_get_command(pid_t pid);
+extern char *proc_get_command_name(pid_t pid);
 
 #endif /* UTIL_LINUX_PROCUTILS */
diff --git a/lib/procutils.c b/lib/procutils.c
index 48ee7cf06..2e9a0537a 100644
--- a/lib/procutils.c
+++ b/lib/procutils.c
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ int proc_next_tid(struct proc_tasks *tasks, pid_t *tid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* returns process command name, use free() for result */
-char *proc_get_command(pid_t pid)
+/* returns process command path, use free() for result */
+static char *proc_file_strdup(pid_t pid, const char *name)
 {
 	char buf[BUFSIZ], *res = NULL;
 	ssize_t sz = 0;
 	size_t i;
 	int fd;
 
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/proc/%d/cmdline", (int) pid);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/proc/%d/%s", (int) pid, name);
 	fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto done;
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ done:
 	return res;
 }
 
+/* returns process command path, use free() for result */
+char *proc_get_command(pid_t pid)
+{
+	return proc_file_strdup(pid, "cmdline");
+}
+
+/* returns process command name, use free() for result */
+char *proc_get_command_name(pid_t pid)
+{
+	return proc_file_strdup(pid, "comm");
+}
+
 struct proc_processes *proc_open_processes(void)
 {
 	struct proc_processes *ps;
diff --git a/misc-utils/lslocks.c b/misc-utils/lslocks.c
index 35ca5c75a..389a3e42f 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lslocks.c
+++ b/misc-utils/lslocks.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "list.h"
 #include "closestream.h"
 #include "optutils.h"
+#include "procutils.h"
 
 /* column IDs */
 enum {
@@ -118,28 +119,6 @@ static void disable_columns_truncate(void)
 		infos[i].flags &= ~SCOLS_FL_TRUNC;
 }
 
-/*
- * Return a PID's command name
- */
-static char *get_cmdname(pid_t id)
-{
-	FILE *fp;
-	char path[PATH_MAX], *ret = NULL;
-
-	sprintf(path, "/proc/%d/comm", id);
-	if (!(fp = fopen(path, "r")))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!fgets(path, sizeof(path), fp))
-		goto out;
-
-	path[strlen(path) - 1] = '\0';
-	ret = xstrdup(path);
-out:
-	fclose(fp);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Associate the device's mountpoint for a filename
  */
@@ -285,7 +264,7 @@ static int get_local_locks(struct list_head *locks)
 				 * to the list, no need to worry now.
 				 */
 				l->pid = strtos32_or_err(tok, _("failed to parse pid"));
-				l->cmdname = get_cmdname(l->pid);
+				l->cmdname = proc_get_command_name(l->pid);
 				if (!l->cmdname)
 					l->cmdname = xstrdup(_("(unknown)"));
 				break;