diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index cb229e24c563..e6a5d997241c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void acpi_scan_table_handler(u32 event, void *table, void *context);
 extern struct list_head acpi_bus_id_list;
 
 struct acpi_device_bus_id {
-	char bus_id[15];
+	const char *bus_id;
 	unsigned int instance_no;
 	struct list_head node;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 80b668c80073..58ff36340cd7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ static void acpi_device_del(struct acpi_device *device)
 				acpi_device_bus_id->instance_no--;
 			else {
 				list_del(&acpi_device_bus_id->node);
+				kfree_const(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id);
 				kfree(acpi_device_bus_id);
 			}
 			break;
@@ -674,7 +675,14 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	}
 	if (!found) {
 		acpi_device_bus_id = new_bus_id;
-		strcpy(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id, acpi_device_hid(device));
+		acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id =
+			kstrdup_const(acpi_device_hid(device), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id) {
+			pr_err(PREFIX "Memory allocation error for bus id\n");
+			result = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_free_new_bus_id;
+		}
+
 		acpi_device_bus_id->instance_no = 0;
 		list_add_tail(&acpi_device_bus_id->node, &acpi_bus_id_list);
 	}
@@ -709,6 +717,11 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	if (device->parent)
 		list_del(&device->node);
 	list_del(&device->wakeup_list);
+
+ err_free_new_bus_id:
+	if (!found)
+		kfree(new_bus_id);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_device_lock);
 
  err_detach: