diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 495d3020518f..294ba6dd5dfe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 81d0d950e5037a26b71e568ff235ff9e998f4ab3
+refs/heads/master: dce46a04d55d6358d2d4ab44a4946a19f9425fe2
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/early_res.c b/trunk/kernel/early_res.c
index 9ab11cd84853..3cb2c661bb78 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/early_res.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/early_res.c
@@ -79,9 +79,19 @@ static void __init drop_range_partial(int i, u64 start, u64 end)
 		/* make head segment */
 		early_res[i].end = common_start;
 		if (old_end > common_end) {
+			char name[15];
+
+			/*
+			 * Save a local copy of the name, since the
+			 * early_res array could get resized inside
+			 * reserve_early_without_check() ->
+			 * __check_and_double_early_res(), which would
+			 * make the current name pointer invalid.
+			 */
+			strncpy(name, early_res[i].name,
+					 sizeof(early_res[i].name) - 1);
 			/* add another for left over on tail */
-			reserve_early_without_check(common_end, old_end,
-					 early_res[i].name);
+			reserve_early_without_check(common_end, old_end, name);
 		}
 		return;
 	} else {