diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
index 9bd03a2310328..171ad8b42107e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
@@ -358,14 +358,9 @@ cifs_strndup_from_utf16(const char *src, const int maxlen,
 		if (!dst)
 			return NULL;
 		cifs_from_utf16(dst, (__le16 *) src, len, maxlen, codepage,
-			       NO_MAP_UNI_RSVD);
+				NO_MAP_UNI_RSVD);
 	} else {
-		len = strnlen(src, maxlen);
-		len++;
-		dst = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!dst)
-			return NULL;
-		strlcpy(dst, src, len);
+		dst = kstrndup(src, maxlen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 
 	return dst;