diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 194113b1b11b..f8a23c3078f8 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1147,8 +1147,7 @@ static int reiserfs_parse_options(struct super_block *s, char *options,	/* strin
 							 "on filesystem root.");
 					return 0;
 				}
-				qf_names[qtype] =
-				    kmalloc(strlen(arg) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+				qf_names[qtype] = kstrdup(arg, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (!qf_names[qtype]) {
 					reiserfs_warning(s, "reiserfs-2502",
 							 "not enough memory "
@@ -1156,7 +1155,6 @@ static int reiserfs_parse_options(struct super_block *s, char *options,	/* strin
 							 "quotafile name.");
 					return 0;
 				}
-				strcpy(qf_names[qtype], arg);
 				if (qtype == USRQUOTA)
 					*mount_options |= 1 << REISERFS_USRQUOTA;
 				else