1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index ebaa4f803eec..192bb8beeb6b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int dm_exception_store_create(struct dm_target *ti, int argc, char **argv,
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        tmp_store = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp_store), GFP_KERNEL);
+        tmp_store = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp_store), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!tmp_store) {
                 ti->error = "Exception store allocation failed";
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int dm_exception_store_create(struct dm_target *ti, int argc, char **argv,
         else if (persistent == 'N')
                 type = get_type("N");
         else {
-                ti->error = "Persistent flag is not P or N";
+                ti->error = "Exception store type is not P or N";
                 r = -EINVAL;
                 goto bad_type;
         }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int dm_exception_store_create(struct dm_target *ti, int argc, char **argv,
         if (r)
                 goto bad;
 
-        r = type->ctr(tmp_store, 0, NULL);
+        r = type->ctr(tmp_store, (strlen(argv[0]) > 1 ? &argv[0][1] : NULL));
         if (r) {
                 ti->error = "Exception store type constructor failed";
                 goto bad;