diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 177629985a3a..65f40f51e512 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1d1958f05095a7e9ecbba86235122784a3d1b561
+refs/heads/master: 5a3eb9f6b7c598529f832b8baa6458ab1cbab2c6
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/cgroup.c b/trunk/kernel/cgroup.c
index 657f8f8d93a5..28debe4e1488 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1424,14 +1424,17 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_write_string(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 		if (buffer == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	if (nbytes && copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (nbytes && copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes)) {
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	buffer[nbytes] = 0;     /* nul-terminate */
 	strstrip(buffer);
 	retval = cft->write_string(cgrp, cft, buffer);
 	if (!retval)
 		retval = nbytes;
+out:
 	if (buffer != local_buffer)
 		kfree(buffer);
 	return retval;