diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09512ea9e..2af861197 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-29  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/partition.c (grub_partition_get_name): Simplify logic
+	and improve performance.
+
 2012-01-29  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/kern/ieee1275/openfw.c (grub_ieee1275_encode_devname): Fix
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/partition.c b/grub-core/kern/partition.c
index cd9e8ae0f..a083f5cbb 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/partition.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/partition.c
@@ -223,32 +223,23 @@ grub_partition_iterate (struct grub_disk *disk,
 char *
 grub_partition_get_name (const grub_partition_t partition)
 {
-  char *out = 0;
-  int curlen = 0;
+  char *out = 0, *ptr;
+  grub_size_t needlen = 0;
   grub_partition_t part;
+  for (part = partition; part; part = part->parent)
+    /* Even on 64-bit machines this buffer is enough to hold
+       longest number.  */
+    needlen += grub_strlen (part->partmap->name) + 27;
+  out = grub_malloc (needlen);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+
+  ptr = out;
   for (part = partition; part; part = part->parent)
     {
-      /* Even on 64-bit machines this buffer is enough to hold
-	 longest number.  */
-      char buf[grub_strlen (part->partmap->name) + 25];
-      int strl;
-      grub_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s%d", part->partmap->name,
+      grub_snprintf (ptr, needlen - (out - ptr), "%s%d", part->partmap->name,
 		     part->number + 1);
-      strl = grub_strlen (buf);
-      if (curlen)
-	{
-	  out = grub_realloc (out, curlen + strl + 2);
-	  grub_memcpy (out + strl + 1, out, curlen);
-	  out[curlen + 1 + strl] = 0;
-	  grub_memcpy (out, buf, strl);
-	  out[strl] = ',';
-	  curlen = curlen + 1 + strl;
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  curlen = strl;
-	  out = grub_strdup (buf);
-	}
+      ptr += grub_strlen (ptr);
     }
   return out;
 }