1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index ae6bb900bfb6..0487d1f64806 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
         int error = 0;
         const char *devpath = NULL;
+        const char *dup_name = NULL, *name;
         char *devpath_string = NULL;
         char *envp[2];
 
@@ -420,15 +421,27 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
         envp[0] = devpath_string;
         envp[1] = NULL;
 
+        name = dup_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!name) {
+                error = -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
         error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
+        if (error)
+                goto out;
+
+        /* Install the new kobject name */
+        dup_name = kobj->name;
+        kobj->name = name;
 
         /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
          * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
          * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
-        if (!error)
-                kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
+        kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
 
 out:
+        kfree(dup_name);
         kfree(devpath_string);
         kfree(devpath);
         kobject_put(kobj);