diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e6f78a3d6..1df87459e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-11-03  Hollis Blanchard  <hollis@penguinppc.org>
+
+	* kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c (grub_ieee1275_get_devname): Use
+	`grub_strndup' to drop device arguments. Replace unnecessary
+	`grub_strndup' with `grub_strdup'.
+
 2005-11-03  Hollis Blanchard  <hollis@penguinppc.org>
 
 	* kern/term.c (grub_cls): Do not call grub_cur_term->cls() if the
diff --git a/kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c b/kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c
index 115af9762..39195ce16 100644
--- a/kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c
+++ b/kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ grub_ieee1275_get_devname (const char *path)
       /* briQ firmware can change capitalization in /chosen/bootpath.  */
       if (! grub_strncasecmp (curalias->path, path, pathlen))
         {
-	  newpath = grub_strndup (curalias->name, grub_strlen (curalias->name));
+	  newpath = grub_strdup (curalias->name);
 	  return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ grub_ieee1275_get_devname (const char *path)
   grub_devalias_iterate (match_alias);
 
   if (! newpath)
-    newpath = grub_strdup (path);
+    newpath = grub_strndup (path, pathlen);
 
   return newpath;
 }