1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
index 65cb29db03f8..2c95a89c0f46 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_rdma_opts *opts)
         char *p;
         substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
         int option;
-        char *options;
+        char *options, *tmp_options;
         int ret;
 
         opts->port = P9_PORT;
@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_rdma_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;
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ static int parse_opts(char *params, struct p9_rdma_opts *opts)
         }
         /* RQ must be at least as large as the SQ */
         opts->rq_depth = max(opts->rq_depth, opts->sq_depth);
-        kfree(options);
+        kfree(tmp_options);
         return 0;
 }