1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
index 39f71fba9b38..2f4668136b20 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
@@ -281,12 +281,11 @@ static struct property *new_property(const char *name, const int length,
         if (!new)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (!(new->name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL)))
+        if (!(new->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL)))
                 goto cleanup;
         if (!(new->value = kmalloc(length + 1, GFP_KERNEL)))
                 goto cleanup;
 
-        strcpy(new->name, name);
         memcpy(new->value, value, length);
         *(((char *)new->value) + length) = 0;
         new->length = length;