1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
index 0f79f3af4f54..2889e5f2dfd3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
@@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ out_ccwdev:
 static void __init zfcp_init_device_setup(char *devstr)
 {
         char *token;
-        char *str;
+        char *str, *str_saved;
         char busid[ZFCP_BUS_ID_SIZE];
         u64 wwpn, lun;
 
         /* duplicate devstr and keep the original for sysfs presentation*/
-        str = kmalloc(strlen(devstr) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        str_saved = kmalloc(strlen(devstr) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        str = str_saved;
         if (!str)
                 return;
 
@@ -152,12 +153,12 @@ static void __init zfcp_init_device_setup(char *devstr)
         if (!token || strict_strtoull(token, 0, (unsigned long long *) &lun))
                 goto err_out;
 
-        kfree(str);
+        kfree(str_saved);
         zfcp_init_device_configure(busid, wwpn, lun);
         return;
 
- err_out:
-        kfree(str);
+err_out:
+        kfree(str_saved);
         pr_err("%s is not a valid SCSI device\n", devstr);
 }