diff --git a/kernel/usermode_driver.c b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
index cd136f86f799..0b35212ffc3d 100644
--- a/kernel/usermode_driver.c
+++ b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
@@ -160,27 +160,21 @@ static void umd_cleanup(struct subprocess_info *info)
 int fork_usermode_driver(struct umd_info *info)
 {
 	struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
-	char **argv = NULL;
+	const char *argv[] = { info->driver_name, NULL };
 	int err;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info->tgid))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, info->driver_name, NULL);
-	if (!argv)
-		goto out;
-
-	sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(info->driver_name, argv, NULL,
-					     GFP_KERNEL,
+	sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(info->driver_name,
+					     (char **)argv, NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
 					     umd_setup, umd_cleanup, info);
 	if (!sub_info)
 		goto out;
 
 	err = call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
 out:
-	if (argv)
-		argv_free(argv);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fork_usermode_driver);