diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6bf7fd6..776a9e5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -807,11 +807,12 @@ extract_hostname(const char *unc)
 }
 
 static int
-cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
+cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			 struct smb_vol *vol)
 {
 	char *value;
 	char *data;
+	char *mountdata_copy, *options;
 	unsigned int  temp_len, i, j;
 	char separator[2];
 	short int override_uid = -1;
@@ -851,9 +852,14 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 
 	vol->actimeo = CIFS_DEF_ACTIMEO;
 
-	if (!options)
-		return 1;
+	if (!mountdata)
+		goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+
+	mountdata_copy = kstrdup(mountdata, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mountdata_copy)
+		goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 
+	options = mountdata_copy;
 	if (strncmp(options, "sep=", 4) == 0) {
 		if (options[4] != 0) {
 			separator[0] = options[4];
@@ -878,7 +884,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			if (!value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING
 				       "CIFS: invalid or missing username\n");
-				return 1;	/* needs_arg; */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			} else if (!*value) {
 				/* null user, ie anonymous, authentication */
 				vol->nullauth = 1;
@@ -888,7 +894,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				vol->username = value;
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: username too long\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "pass", 4) == 0) {
 			if (!value) {
@@ -951,7 +957,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				if (vol->password == NULL) {
 					printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: no memory "
 							    "for password\n");
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				}
 				for (i = 0, j = 0; i < temp_len; i++, j++) {
 					vol->password[j] = value[i];
@@ -967,7 +973,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				if (vol->password == NULL) {
 					printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: no memory "
 							    "for password\n");
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				}
 				strcpy(vol->password, value);
 			}
@@ -981,7 +987,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: ip address "
 						    "too long\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "sec", 3) == 0) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
@@ -994,7 +1000,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				/* vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MUST_SEAL |
 					CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5; */
 				cERROR(1, "Krb5 cifs privacy not supported");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			} else if (strnicmp(value, "krb5", 4) == 0) {
 				vol->secFlg |= CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5;
 			} else if (strnicmp(value, "ntlmsspi", 8) == 0) {
@@ -1024,7 +1030,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				vol->nullauth = 1;
 			} else {
 				cERROR(1, "bad security option: %s", value);
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "vers", 3) == 0) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
@@ -1048,12 +1054,12 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: invalid path to "
 						    "network resource\n");
-				return 1;	/* needs_arg; */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			if ((temp_len = strnlen(value, 300)) < 300) {
 				vol->UNC = kmalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (vol->UNC == NULL)
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				strcpy(vol->UNC, value);
 				if (strncmp(vol->UNC, "//", 2) == 0) {
 					vol->UNC[0] = '\\';
@@ -1062,17 +1068,17 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 					printk(KERN_WARNING
 					       "CIFS: UNC Path does not begin "
 					       "with // or \\\\ \n");
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				}
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: UNC name too long\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if ((strnicmp(data, "domain", 3) == 0)
 			   || (strnicmp(data, "workgroup", 5) == 0)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: invalid domain name\n");
-				return 1;	/* needs_arg; */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			/* BB are there cases in which a comma can be valid in
 			a domain name and need special handling? */
@@ -1082,7 +1088,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: domain name too "
 						    "long\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "srcaddr", 7) == 0) {
 			vol->srcaddr.ss_family = AF_UNSPEC;
@@ -1090,7 +1096,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: srcaddr value"
 				       " not specified.\n");
-				return 1;	/* needs_arg; */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			i = cifs_convert_address((struct sockaddr *)&vol->srcaddr,
 						 value, strlen(value));
@@ -1098,20 +1104,20 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS:  Could not parse"
 				       " srcaddr: %s\n",
 				       value);
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "prefixpath", 10) == 0) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING
 					"CIFS: invalid path prefix\n");
-				return 1;       /* needs_argument */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			if ((temp_len = strnlen(value, 1024)) < 1024) {
 				if (value[0] != '/')
 					temp_len++;  /* missing leading slash */
 				vol->prepath = kmalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (vol->prepath == NULL)
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				if (value[0] != '/') {
 					vol->prepath[0] = '/';
 					strcpy(vol->prepath+1, value);
@@ -1120,13 +1126,13 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				cFYI(1, "prefix path %s", vol->prepath);
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: prefix too long\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "iocharset", 9) == 0) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: invalid iocharset "
 						    "specified\n");
-				return 1;	/* needs_arg; */
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			if (strnlen(value, 65) < 65) {
 				if (strnicmp(value, "default", 7))
@@ -1137,7 +1143,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			} else {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: iocharset name "
 						    "too long.\n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 		} else if (!strnicmp(data, "uid", 3) && value && *value) {
 			vol->linux_uid = simple_strtoul(value, &value, 0);
@@ -1250,7 +1256,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				if (vol->actimeo > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO) {
 					cERROR(1, "CIFS: attribute cache"
 							"timeout too large");
-					return 1;
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 				}
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "credentials", 4) == 0) {
@@ -1394,7 +1400,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 #ifndef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
 			cERROR(1, "FS-Cache support needs CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE"
 				  "kernel config option set");
-			return 1;
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 #endif
 			vol->fsc = true;
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "mfsymlinks", 10) == 0) {
@@ -1409,12 +1415,12 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 		if (devname == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: Missing UNC name for mount "
 						"target\n");
-			return 1;
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		}
 		if ((temp_len = strnlen(devname, 300)) < 300) {
 			vol->UNC = kmalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (vol->UNC == NULL)
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			strcpy(vol->UNC, devname);
 			if (strncmp(vol->UNC, "//", 2) == 0) {
 				vol->UNC[0] = '\\';
@@ -1422,21 +1428,21 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 			} else if (strncmp(vol->UNC, "\\\\", 2) != 0) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: UNC Path does not "
 						    "begin with // or \\\\ \n");
-				return 1;
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			value = strpbrk(vol->UNC+2, "/\\");
 			if (value)
 				*value = '\\';
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: UNC name too long\n");
-			return 1;
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (vol->multiuser && !(vol->secFlg & CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5)) {
 		cERROR(1, "Multiuser mounts currently require krb5 "
 			  "authentication!");
-		return 1;
+		goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 	}
 
 	if (vol->UNCip == NULL)
@@ -1455,6 +1461,10 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				   "specified with no gid= option.\n");
 
 	return 0;
+
+cifs_parse_mount_err:
+	kfree(mountdata_copy);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /** Returns true if srcaddr isn't specified and rhs isn't
