1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index afc46a23eb6d..aca07e1a050f 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -585,17 +585,14 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
 {
         struct kernel_param *kp, *kp_begin = NULL;
         unsigned int i, name_len, count = 0;
-        char modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN + 1] = "";
+        char modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN] = "";
 
         for (i=0; i < __stop___param - __start___param; i++) {
                 char *dot;
-                size_t max_name_len;
 
                 kp = &__start___param[i];
-                max_name_len =
-                        min_t(size_t, MODULE_NAME_LEN, strlen(kp->name));
 
-                dot = memchr(kp->name, '.', max_name_len);
+                dot = strchr(kp->name, '.');
                 if (!dot) {
                         DEBUGP("couldn't find period in first %d characters "
                                "of %s\n", MODULE_NAME_LEN, kp->name);