1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
index 913e1927f916..635695f6a185 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
                                      struct ima_template_field ***fields,
                                      int *num_fields)
 {
-        char *c, *template_fmt_copy;
+        char *c, *template_fmt_copy, *template_fmt_ptr;
         int template_num_fields = template_fmt_size(template_fmt);
         int i, result = 0;
 
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ static int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
                 result = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out;
         }
-        for (i = 0; (c = strsep(&template_fmt_copy, "|")) != NULL &&
+
+        template_fmt_ptr = template_fmt_copy;
+        for (i = 0; (c = strsep(&template_fmt_ptr, "|")) != NULL &&
              i < template_num_fields; i++) {
                 struct ima_template_field *f = lookup_template_field(c);