diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d1234a7a42144beae994f954a91e39ee878f752a..3908ff8672af1be16e83dd9bdd3265e55e71cffc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static
 int nfs_readdir_make_qstr(struct qstr *string, const char *name, unsigned int len)
 {
 	string->len = len;
-	string->name = kmemdup(name, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	string->name = kmemdup_nul(name, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (string->name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	/*