diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 487ee39b438a..013486b5125e 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -583,12 +583,12 @@ static int ramoops_init_przs(const char *name,
 		prz_ar[i] = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, zone_sz, sig,
 					       &cxt->ecc_info,
 					       cxt->memtype, flags, label);
+		kfree(label);
 		if (IS_ERR(prz_ar[i])) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(prz_ar[i]);
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to request %s mem region (0x%zx@0x%llx): %d\n",
 				name, record_size,
 				(unsigned long long)*paddr, err);
-			kfree(label);
 
 			while (i > 0) {
 				i--;
@@ -629,12 +629,12 @@ static int ramoops_init_prz(const char *name,
 	label = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "ramoops:%s", name);
 	*prz = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, sz, sig, &cxt->ecc_info,
 				  cxt->memtype, PRZ_FLAG_ZAP_OLD, label);
+	kfree(label);
 	if (IS_ERR(*prz)) {
 		int err = PTR_ERR(*prz);
 
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to request %s mem region (0x%zx@0x%llx): %d\n",
 			name, sz, (unsigned long long)*paddr, err);
-		kfree(label);
 		return err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
index 8823f65888f0..1f4d8c06f9be 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ struct persistent_ram_zone *persistent_ram_new(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
 	/* Initialize general buffer state. */
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&prz->buffer_lock);
 	prz->flags = flags;
-	prz->label = label;
+	prz->label = kstrdup(label, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	ret = persistent_ram_buffer_map(start, size, prz, memtype);
 	if (ret)