1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index ce6424008ed9..93651865ddbe 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -276,12 +276,10 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size)
 
         /* Setup the MTD structure */
         /* make the name contain the block device in */
-        name = kmalloc(sizeof("block2mtd: ") + strlen(devname) + 1,
-                        GFP_KERNEL);
+        name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "block2mtd: %s", devname);
         if (!name)
                 goto devinit_err;
 
-        sprintf(name, "block2mtd: %s", devname);
         dev->mtd.name = name;
 
         dev->mtd.size = dev->blkdev->bd_inode->i_size & PAGE_MASK;