1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index be1cb909d8c0..31d0b05582a9 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_fd_opts *opts)
         char *p;
         substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
         int option;
-        char *options;
+        char *options, *tmp_options;
         int ret;
 
         opts->port = P9_PORT;
@@ -724,12 +724,13 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_fd_opts *opts)
         if (!params)
                 return 0;
 
-        options = kstrdup(params, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!options) {
+        tmp_options = kstrdup(params, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!tmp_options) {
                 P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
                                 "failed to allocate copy of option string\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
+        options = tmp_options;
 
         while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
                 int token;
@@ -760,7 +761,8 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_fd_opts *opts)
                         continue;
                 }
         }
-        kfree(options);
+
+        kfree(tmp_options);
         return 0;
 }