int err;
 
                err = mnt_alloc_id(mnt);
-               if (err) {
-                       kmem_cache_free(mnt_cache, mnt);
-                       return NULL;
+               if (err)
+                       goto out_free_cache;
+
+               if (name) {
+                       mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (!mnt->mnt_devname)
+                               goto out_free_id;
                }
 
                atomic_set(&mnt->mnt_count, 1);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave_list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave);
                atomic_set(&mnt->__mnt_writers, 0);
-               if (name) {
-                       int size = strlen(name) + 1;
-                       char *newname = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-                       if (newname) {
-                               memcpy(newname, name, size);
-                               mnt->mnt_devname = newname;
-                       }
-               }
        }
        return mnt;
+
+out_free_id:
+       mnt_free_id(mnt);
+out_free_cache:
+       kmem_cache_free(mnt_cache, mnt);
+       return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
 
        struct list_head mnt_child;     /* and going through their mnt_child */
        int mnt_flags;
        /* 4 bytes hole on 64bits arches */
-       char *mnt_devname;              /* Name of device e.g. /dev/dsk/hda1 */
+       const char *mnt_devname;        /* Name of device e.g. /dev/dsk/hda1 */
        struct list_head mnt_list;
        struct list_head mnt_expire;    /* link in fs-specific expiry list */
        struct list_head mnt_share;     /* circular list of shared mounts */