1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index fe4ae36ce960..efe67fa96a71 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
          * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
          */
         do {
+                if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
+                        return 0;
                 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
                 parent = parent->parent;
         } while (parent);
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
         int len;
 
         len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
+        if (len == 0)
+                return NULL;
         path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask);
         if (!path)
                 return NULL;