1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index e1681775abd5..d33af95321fb 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -886,7 +886,11 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
                 if (!new_name)
                         goto out;
 
-                kfree(kn->name);
+                if (kn->flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME)
+                        kn->flags &= ~KERNFS_STATIC_NAME;
+                else
+                        kfree(kn->name);
+
                 kn->name = new_name;
         }