diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index b8f2d1e8c645..c72c16c5a60f 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	unsigned long safe_mask = 0;
 	unsigned int commit_max_age = (unsigned int)-1;
 	struct reiserfs_journal *journal = SB_JOURNAL(s);
-	char *new_opts = kstrdup(arg, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *new_opts;
 	int err;
 	char *qf_names[REISERFS_MAXQUOTAS];
 	unsigned int qfmt = 0;
@@ -1401,6 +1401,10 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	int i;
 #endif
 
+	new_opts = kstrdup(arg, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (arg && !new_opts)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	sync_filesystem(s);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 
@@ -1546,7 +1550,8 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	}
 
 out_ok_unlocked:
-	replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
+	if (new_opts)
+		replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
 	return 0;
 
 out_err_unlock: