diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4dbed4a67aaf..8d9f89b4519d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2024,7 +2024,6 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct kobject *ko;
-	char *s;
 	int err;
 
 	/* prevent duplicates */
@@ -2070,8 +2069,7 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	bdevname(rdev->bdev,b);
-	while ( (s=strchr(b, '/')) != NULL)
-		*s = '!';
+	strreplace(b, '/', '!');
 
 	rdev->mddev = mddev;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "md: bind<%s>\n", b);