diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index cd1e9681a0cf5d0bdfd64d84ae90c34bd10f265b..6dae553dd69cca77c483bb3b2da0ccf1e3ecbd62 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 			goto out_free_cache;
 
 		if (name) {
-			mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+			mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!mnt->mnt_devname)
 				goto out_free_id;
 		}
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 out_free_devname:
-	kfree(mnt->mnt_devname);
+	kfree_const(mnt->mnt_devname);
 #endif
 out_free_id:
 	mnt_free_id(mnt);
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(struct super_block *sb)
 
 static void free_vfsmnt(struct mount *mnt)
 {
-	kfree(mnt->mnt_devname);
+	kfree_const(mnt->mnt_devname);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	free_percpu(mnt->mnt_pcp);
 #endif