1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index b25115e8c7f3..ebf72358e86a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1171,9 +1171,10 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
 
                 /* Convert the decnet address to binary */
                 result = -EIO;
-                nodep = strchr(buf, '.') + 1;
+                nodep = strchr(buf, '.');
                 if (!nodep)
                         goto out;
+                ++nodep;
 
                 area = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
                 node = simple_strtoul(nodep, NULL, 10);