diff --git a/drivers/mtd/parsers/afs.c b/drivers/mtd/parsers/afs.c
index 3679e1d22595..c489938cd665 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/parsers/afs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/parsers/afs.c
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ static int parse_afs_partitions(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 				struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
 {
 	struct mtd_partition *parts;
-	u_int mask, off, idx, sz;
+	u_int mask, off, sz;
 	int ret = 0;
-	char *str;
+	int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * This is the address mask; we use this to mask off out of
@@ -181,78 +181,75 @@ static int parse_afs_partitions(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	 * partition information.  We include in this the size of
 	 * the strings.
 	 */
-	for (idx = off = sz = 0; off < mtd->size; off += mtd->erasesize) {
-		struct image_info_v1 iis;
+	for (i = off = sz = 0; off < mtd->size; off += mtd->erasesize) {
 		u_int iis_ptr, img_ptr;
 
 		ret = afs_read_footer_v1(mtd, &img_ptr, &iis_ptr, off, mask);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
+			return ret;
 		if (ret) {
-			ret = afs_read_iis_v1(mtd, &iis, iis_ptr);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				break;
-			if (ret == 0)
-				continue;
-
 			sz += sizeof(struct mtd_partition);
-			sz += strlen(iis.name) + 1;
-			idx += 1;
+			i += 1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!sz)
-		return ret;
+	if (!i)
+		return 0;
 
 	parts = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!parts)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	str = (char *)(parts + idx);
-
 	/*
 	 * Identify the partitions
 	 */
-	for (idx = off = 0; off < mtd->size; off += mtd->erasesize) {
+	for (i = off = 0; off < mtd->size; off += mtd->erasesize) {
 		struct image_info_v1 iis;
 		u_int iis_ptr, img_ptr;
 
 		/* Read the footer. */
 		ret = afs_read_footer_v1(mtd, &img_ptr, &iis_ptr, off, mask);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
+			goto out_free_parts;
 		if (ret == 0)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Read the image info block */
 		ret = afs_read_iis_v1(mtd, &iis, iis_ptr);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
+			goto out_free_parts;
 		if (ret == 0)
 			continue;
 
-		strcpy(str, iis.name);
+		parts[i].name = kstrdup(iis.name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!parts[i].name) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_free_parts;
+		}
 
-		parts[idx].name		= str;
-		parts[idx].size		= (iis.length + mtd->erasesize - 1) & ~(mtd->erasesize - 1);
-		parts[idx].offset	= img_ptr;
-		parts[idx].mask_flags	= 0;
+		parts[i].size		= (iis.length + mtd->erasesize - 1) & ~(mtd->erasesize - 1);
+		parts[i].offset	= img_ptr;
+		parts[i].mask_flags	= 0;
 
 		printk("  mtd%d: at 0x%08x, %5lluKiB, %8u, %s\n",
-			idx, img_ptr, parts[idx].size / 1024,
-			iis.imageNumber, str);
+			i, img_ptr, parts[i].size / 1024,
+			iis.imageNumber, parts[i].name);
 
-		idx += 1;
-		str = str + strlen(iis.name) + 1;
-	}
-
-	if (!idx) {
-		kfree(parts);
-		parts = NULL;
+		i += 1;
 	}
 
 	*pparts = parts;
-	return idx ? idx : ret;
+	return i;
+
+out_free_parts:
+	while (i >= 0) {
+		if (parts[i].name)
+			kfree(parts[i].name);
+		i--;
+	}
+	kfree(parts);
+	*pparts = NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id mtd_parser_afs_of_match_table[] = {