2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index b4a3c7d1451d..07d92c11b5d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ config DM_ZERO
 config DM_MULTIPATH
         tristate "Multipath target"
         depends on BLK_DEV_DM
-        select SCSI_DH
+        # nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent
+        # of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if
+        # it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it.  We get a build
+        # error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y
+        depends on SCSI_DH || !SCSI_DH
         ---help---
           Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware.
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index e8f704aa46f2..9f7302d4878d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ static int parse_hw_handler(struct arg_set *as, struct multipath *m)
         request_module("scsi_dh_%s", m->hw_handler_name);
         if (scsi_dh_handler_exist(m->hw_handler_name) == 0) {
                 ti->error = "unknown hardware handler type";
+                kfree(m->hw_handler_name);
+                m->hw_handler_name = NULL;
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
         consume(as, hw_argc - 1);