diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 8beaeff72386..715396bef0ea 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
 	 * Update the module parameter backend, so it is visible
 	 * through /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend
 	 */
-	backend = psi->name;
+	backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);
 
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *psi)
 	free_buf_for_compression();
 
 	psinfo = NULL;
+	kfree(backend);
 	backend = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&psinfo_lock);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pstore.h b/include/linux/pstore.h
index e779441e6d26..f6f22b13e04f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pstore.h
+++ b/include/linux/pstore.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct pstore_record {
  */
 struct pstore_info {
 	struct module	*owner;
-	char		*name;
+	const char	*name;
 
 	struct semaphore buf_lock;
 	char		*buf;