diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 56a29e812ff0..957a7aab8ebc 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(umhelper_sem);
 */
 char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe";
 
+static void free_modprobe_argv(struct subprocess_info *info)
+{
+	kfree(info->argv[3]); /* check call_modprobe() */
+	kfree(info->argv);
+}
+
 static int call_modprobe(char *module_name, int wait)
 {
 	static char *envp[] = {
@@ -69,10 +75,26 @@ static int call_modprobe(char *module_name, int wait)
 		NULL
 	};
 
-	char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-q", "--", module_name, NULL };
+	char **argv = kmalloc(sizeof(char *[5]), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!argv)
+		goto out;
+
+	module_name = kstrdup(module_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!module_name)
+		goto free_argv;
+
+	argv[0] = modprobe_path;
+	argv[1] = "-q";
+	argv[2] = "--";
+	argv[3] = module_name;	/* check free_modprobe_argv() */
+	argv[4] = NULL;
 
 	return call_usermodehelper_fns(modprobe_path, argv, envp,
-					wait, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		wait | UMH_KILLABLE, NULL, free_modprobe_argv, NULL);
+free_argv:
+	kfree(argv);
+out:
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 /**