1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index dcade0543bd2..744401571ed7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -216,13 +216,19 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
                                   va_list vargs)
 {
-        /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
-        kfree(kobj->name);
+        const char *old_name = kobj->name;
+        char *s;
 
         kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
         if (!kobj->name)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
+        s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
+        if (s)
+                s[0] = '!';
+
+        kfree(old_name);
         return 0;
 }