diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e4bee8abbc56..8a5eab4f566b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8a5ce54562f296b1996813a413b0f2307ec9351a
+refs/heads/master: faf234220fb79a05891477a75180e1d9f7ab4105
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/sock.c b/trunk/net/core/sock.c
index ceef50bd131b..472a59f205b0 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2228,13 +2228,10 @@ int proto_register(struct proto *prot, int alloc_slab)
 		}
 
 		if (prot->rsk_prot != NULL) {
-			static const char mask[] = "request_sock_%s";
-
-			prot->rsk_prot->slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			prot->rsk_prot->slab_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "request_sock_%s", prot->name);
 			if (prot->rsk_prot->slab_name == NULL)
 				goto out_free_sock_slab;
 
-			sprintf(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name, mask, prot->name);
 			prot->rsk_prot->slab = kmem_cache_create(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name,
 								 prot->rsk_prot->obj_size, 0,
 								 SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
@@ -2247,14 +2244,11 @@ int proto_register(struct proto *prot, int alloc_slab)
 		}
 
 		if (prot->twsk_prot != NULL) {
-			static const char mask[] = "tw_sock_%s";
-
-			prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "tw_sock_%s", prot->name);
 
 			if (prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name == NULL)
 				goto out_free_request_sock_slab;
 
-			sprintf(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name, mask, prot->name);
 			prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab =
 				kmem_cache_create(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name,
 						  prot->twsk_prot->twsk_obj_size,