diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index b908655c5812..1a7c67d94f09 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
 	return length;
 }
 
-static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
+static int fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
 {
 	struct kobject *parent;
 
@@ -127,12 +127,16 @@ static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
 		int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
 		/* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
 		length -= cur;
+		if (length <= 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		memcpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
 		*(path + --length) = '/';
 	}
 
 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
 		 kobj, __func__, path);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -148,13 +152,17 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	char *path;
 	int len;
 
+retry:
 	len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
 	if (len == 0)
 		return NULL;
 	path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
+	if (fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len)) {
+		kfree(path);
+		goto retry;
+	}
 
 	return path;
 }