diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index cdfc87629efb..57cf259de600 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -5898,21 +5898,23 @@ static int __init binder_init(void)
 				    &transaction_log_fops);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Copy the module_parameter string, because we don't want to
-	 * tokenize it in-place.
-	 */
-	device_names = kstrdup(binder_devices_param, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!device_names) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_alloc_device_names_failed;
-	}
+	if (strcmp(binder_devices_param, "") != 0) {
+		/*
+		* Copy the module_parameter string, because we don't want to
+		* tokenize it in-place.
+		 */
+		device_names = kstrdup(binder_devices_param, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!device_names) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_alloc_device_names_failed;
+		}
 
-	device_tmp = device_names;
-	while ((device_name = strsep(&device_tmp, ","))) {
-		ret = init_binder_device(device_name);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_init_binder_device_failed;
+		device_tmp = device_names;
+		while ((device_name = strsep(&device_tmp, ","))) {
+			ret = init_binder_device(device_name);
+			if (ret)
+				goto err_init_binder_device_failed;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;