diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7de786c2109..cf14e265a9ba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 35d1efe80500a55f9aa01b305a6714ec78c33764
+refs/heads/master: 852b6ed110990891d21bf76b4f46a3c854866f67
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c b/trunk/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
index 9ba495477fd2..0f6ece80bffe 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
@@ -454,14 +454,11 @@ static ssize_t iblock_set_configfs_dev_params(struct se_hba *hba,
 				ret = -EEXIST;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			arg_p = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-			if (!arg_p) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (match_strlcpy(ib_dev->ibd_udev_path, &args[0],
+				SE_UDEV_PATH_LEN) == 0) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
-			snprintf(ib_dev->ibd_udev_path, SE_UDEV_PATH_LEN,
-					"%s", arg_p);
-			kfree(arg_p);
 			pr_debug("IBLOCK: Referencing UDEV path: %s\n",
 					ib_dev->ibd_udev_path);
 			ib_dev->ibd_flags |= IBDF_HAS_UDEV_PATH;