len = c - dev_name;
                if (len > NFS4_MAXNAMLEN)
                        return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-               args->nfs_server.hostname = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (args->nfs_server.hostname == NULL)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               strncpy(args->nfs_server.hostname, dev_name, len - 1);
+               /* N.B. caller will free nfs_server.hostname in all cases */
+               args->nfs_server.hostname = kstrndup(dev_name, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                c++;                    /* step over the ':' */
                len = strlen(c);
                if (len > NFS4_MAXPATHLEN)
                        return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-               args->nfs_server.export_path = kzalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (args->nfs_server.export_path == NULL)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               strncpy(args->nfs_server.export_path, c, len);
+               args->nfs_server.export_path = kstrndup(c, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-               dprintk("MNTPATH: %s\n", args->nfs_server.export_path);
+               dprintk("NFS: MNTPATH: '%s'\n", args->nfs_server.export_path);
 
                if (args->client_address == NULL)
                        goto out_no_client_address;