diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 51bce29..d573e82 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ struct key_owner;
 struct keyring_list;
 struct keyring_name;
 
+struct keyring_index_key {
+	struct key_type		*type;
+	const char		*description;
+	size_t			desc_len;
+};
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /*
  * key reference with possession attribute handling
@@ -129,7 +135,6 @@ struct key {
 		struct list_head graveyard_link;
 		struct rb_node	serial_node;
 	};
-	struct key_type		*type;		/* type of key */
 	struct rw_semaphore	sem;		/* change vs change sem */
 	struct key_user		*user;		/* owner of this key */
 	void			*security;	/* security data for this key */
@@ -163,12 +168,18 @@ struct key {
 #define KEY_FLAG_ROOT_CAN_CLEAR	6	/* set if key can be cleared by root without permission */
 #define KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED	7	/* set if key has been invalidated */
 
-	/* the description string
-	 * - this is used to match a key against search criteria
-	 * - this should be a printable string
+	/* the key type and key description string
+	 * - the desc is used to match a key against search criteria
+	 * - it should be a printable string
 	 * - eg: for krb5 AFS, this might be "afs@REDHAT.COM"
 	 */
-	char			*description;
+	union {
+		struct keyring_index_key index_key;
+		struct {
+			struct key_type	*type;		/* type of key */
+			char		*description;
+		};
+	};
 
 	/* type specific data
 	 * - this is used by the keyring type to index the name
diff --git a/security/keys/internal.h b/security/keys/internal.h
index 490aef5..77441dd 100644
--- a/security/keys/internal.h
+++ b/security/keys/internal.h
@@ -89,19 +89,17 @@ extern struct key_type *key_type_lookup(const char *type);
 extern void key_type_put(struct key_type *ktype);
 
 extern int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring,
-			    const struct key_type *type,
-			    const char *description,
+			    const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
 			    unsigned long *_prealloc);
 extern int __key_link_check_live_key(struct key *keyring, struct key *key);
 extern void __key_link(struct key *keyring, struct key *key,
 		       unsigned long *_prealloc);
 extern void __key_link_end(struct key *keyring,
-			   struct key_type *type,
+			   const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
 			   unsigned long prealloc);
 
 extern key_ref_t __keyring_search_one(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
-				      const struct key_type *type,
-				      const char *description,
+				      const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
 				      key_perm_t perm);
 
 extern struct key *keyring_search_instkey(struct key *keyring,
diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index 8fb7c7b..7e6bc39 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc,
 		}
 	}
 
-	desclen = strlen(desc) + 1;
-	quotalen = desclen + type->def_datalen;
+	desclen = strlen(desc);
+	quotalen = desclen + 1 + type->def_datalen;
 
 	/* get hold of the key tracking for this user */
 	user = key_user_lookup(uid);
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc,
 		goto no_memory_2;
 
 	if (desc) {
-		key->description = kmemdup(desc, desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		key->index_key.desc_len = desclen;
+		key->index_key.description = kmemdup(desc, desclen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!key->description)
 			goto no_memory_3;
 	}
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc,
 	atomic_set(&key->usage, 1);
 	init_rwsem(&key->sem);
 	lockdep_set_class(&key->sem, &type->lock_class);
-	key->type = type;
+	key->index_key.type = type;
 	key->user = user;
 	key->quotalen = quotalen;
 	key->datalen = type->def_datalen;
@@ -489,8 +490,7 @@ int key_instantiate_and_link(struct key *key,
 	}
 
 	if (keyring) {
-		ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, key->type, key->description,
-				       &prealloc);
+		ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, &key->index_key, &prealloc);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error_free_preparse;
 	}
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ int key_instantiate_and_link(struct key *key,
 					 &prealloc);
 
 	if (keyring)
-		__key_link_end(keyring, key->type, prealloc);
+		__key_link_end(keyring, &key->index_key, prealloc);
 
 error_free_preparse:
 	if (key->type->preparse)
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ int key_reject_and_link(struct key *key,
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 
 	if (keyring)
-		link_ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, key->type,
-					    key->description, &prealloc);
+		link_ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, &key->index_key, &prealloc);
 
 	mutex_lock(&key_construction_mutex);
 
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ int key_reject_and_link(struct key *key,
 	mutex_unlock(&key_construction_mutex);
 
 	if (keyring)
-		__key_link_end(keyring, key->type, prealloc);
+		__key_link_end(keyring, &key->index_key, prealloc);
 
 	/* wake up anyone waiting for a key to be constructed */
 	if (awaken)
@@ -780,25 +779,27 @@ key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 			       key_perm_t perm,
 			       unsigned long flags)
 {
-	unsigned long prealloc;
+	struct keyring_index_key index_key = {
+		.description	= description,
+	};
 	struct key_preparsed_payload prep;
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
-	struct key_type *ktype;
+	unsigned long prealloc;
 	struct key *keyring, *key = NULL;
 	key_ref_t key_ref;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* look up the key type to see if it's one of the registered kernel
 	 * types */
-	ktype = key_type_lookup(type);
-	if (IS_ERR(ktype)) {
+	index_key.type = key_type_lookup(type);
+	if (IS_ERR(index_key.type)) {
 		key_ref = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 		goto error;
 	}
 
 	key_ref = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	if (!ktype->match || !ktype->instantiate ||
-	    (!description && !ktype->preparse))
+	if (!index_key.type->match || !index_key.type->instantiate ||
+	    (!index_key.description && !index_key.type->preparse))
 		goto error_put_type;
 
 	keyring = key_ref_to_ptr(keyring_ref);
@@ -812,21 +813,22 @@ key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 	memset(&prep, 0, sizeof(prep));
 	prep.data = payload;
 	prep.datalen = plen;
-	prep.quotalen = ktype->def_datalen;
-	if (ktype->preparse) {
-		ret = ktype->preparse(&prep);
+	prep.quotalen = index_key.type->def_datalen;
+	if (index_key.type->preparse) {
+		ret = index_key.type->preparse(&prep);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			key_ref = ERR_PTR(ret);
 			goto error_put_type;
 		}
-		if (!description)
-			description = prep.description;
+		if (!index_key.description)
+			index_key.description = prep.description;
 		key_ref = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		if (!description)
+		if (!index_key.description)
 			goto error_free_prep;
 	}
+	index_key.desc_len = strlen(index_key.description);
 
-	ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, ktype, description, &prealloc);
+	ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, &index_key, &prealloc);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		key_ref = ERR_PTR(ret);
 		goto error_free_prep;
@@ -844,9 +846,8 @@ key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 	 * key of the same type and description in the destination keyring and
 	 * update that instead if possible
 	 */
-	if (ktype->update) {
-		key_ref = __keyring_search_one(keyring_ref, ktype, description,
-					       0);
+	if (index_key.type->update) {
+		key_ref = __keyring_search_one(keyring_ref, &index_key, 0);
 		if (!IS_ERR(key_ref))
 			goto found_matching_key;
 	}
@@ -856,16 +857,17 @@ key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 		perm = KEY_POS_VIEW | KEY_POS_SEARCH | KEY_POS_LINK | KEY_POS_SETATTR;
 		perm |= KEY_USR_VIEW;
 
-		if (ktype->read)
+		if (index_key.type->read)
 			perm |= KEY_POS_READ;
 
-		if (ktype == &key_type_keyring || ktype->update)
+		if (index_key.type == &key_type_keyring ||
+		    index_key.type->update)
 			perm |= KEY_POS_WRITE;
 	}
 
 	/* allocate a new key */
-	key = key_alloc(ktype, description, cred->fsuid, cred->fsgid, cred,
-			perm, flags);
+	key = key_alloc(index_key.type, index_key.description,
+			cred->fsuid, cred->fsgid, cred, perm, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(key)) {
 		key_ref = ERR_CAST(key);
 		goto error_link_end;
@@ -882,12 +884,12 @@ key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 	key_ref = make_key_ref(key, is_key_possessed(keyring_ref));
 
 error_link_end:
-	__key_link_end(keyring, ktype, prealloc);
+	__key_link_end(keyring, &index_key, prealloc);
 error_free_prep:
-	if (ktype->preparse)
-		ktype->free_preparse(&prep);
+	if (index_key.type->preparse)
+		index_key.type->free_preparse(&prep);
 error_put_type:
-	key_type_put(ktype);
+	key_type_put(index_key.type);
 error:
 	return key_ref;
 
@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ error:
 	/* we found a matching key, so we're going to try to update it
 	 * - we can drop the locks first as we have the key pinned
 	 */
-	__key_link_end(keyring, ktype, prealloc);
+	__key_link_end(keyring, &index_key, prealloc);
 
 	key_ref = __key_update(key_ref, &prep);
 	goto error_free_prep;
diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index f784063..c7f59f9 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(keyring_search);
  * to the returned key reference.
  */
 key_ref_t __keyring_search_one(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
-			       const struct key_type *ktype,
-			       const char *description,
+			       const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
 			       key_perm_t perm)
 {
 	struct keyring_list *klist;
@@ -558,9 +557,9 @@ key_ref_t __keyring_search_one(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 		smp_rmb();
 		for (loop = 0; loop < nkeys ; loop++) {
 			key = rcu_dereference(klist->keys[loop]);
-			if (key->type == ktype &&
+			if (key->type == index_key->type &&
 			    (!key->type->match ||
-			     key->type->match(key, description)) &&
+			     key->type->match(key, index_key->description)) &&
 			    key_permission(make_key_ref(key, possessed),
 					   perm) == 0 &&
 			    !(key->flags & ((1 << KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED) |
@@ -747,8 +746,8 @@ static void keyring_unlink_rcu_disposal(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 /*
  * Preallocate memory so that a key can be linked into to a keyring.
  */
-int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring, const struct key_type *type,
-		     const char *description, unsigned long *_prealloc)
+int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring, const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
+		     unsigned long *_prealloc)
 	__acquires(&keyring->sem)
 	__acquires(&keyring_serialise_link_sem)
 {
@@ -759,7 +758,8 @@ int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring, const struct key_type *type,
 	size_t size;
 	int loop, lru, ret;
 
-	kenter("%d,%s,%s,", key_serial(keyring), type->name, description);
+	kenter("%d,%s,%s,",
+	       key_serial(keyring), index_key->type->name, index_key->description);
 
 	if (keyring->type != &key_type_keyring)
 		return -ENOTDIR;
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring, const struct key_type *type,
 
 	/* serialise link/link calls to prevent parallel calls causing a cycle
 	 * when linking two keyring in opposite orders */
-	if (type == &key_type_keyring)
+	if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
 		down_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
 
 	klist = rcu_dereference_locked_keyring(keyring);
@@ -784,8 +784,8 @@ int __key_link_begin(struct key *keyring, const struct key_type *type,
 		for (loop = klist->nkeys - 1; loop >= 0; loop--) {
 			struct key *key = rcu_deref_link_locked(klist, loop,
 								keyring);
-			if (key->type == type &&
-			    strcmp(key->description, description) == 0) {
+			if (key->type == index_key->type &&
+			    strcmp(key->description, index_key->description) == 0) {
 				/* Found a match - we'll replace the link with
 				 * one to the new key.  We record the slot
 				 * position.
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ error_quota:
 	key_payload_reserve(keyring,
 			    keyring->datalen - KEYQUOTA_LINK_BYTES);
 error_sem:
-	if (type == &key_type_keyring)
+	if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
 		up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
 error_krsem:
 	up_write(&keyring->sem);
@@ -957,16 +957,17 @@ void __key_link(struct key *keyring, struct key *key,
  *
  * Must be called with __key_link_begin() having being called.
  */
-void __key_link_end(struct key *keyring, struct key_type *type,
+void __key_link_end(struct key *keyring,
+		    const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
 		    unsigned long prealloc)
 	__releases(&keyring->sem)
 	__releases(&keyring_serialise_link_sem)
 {
-	BUG_ON(type == NULL);
-	BUG_ON(type->name == NULL);
-	kenter("%d,%s,%lx", keyring->serial, type->name, prealloc);
+	BUG_ON(index_key->type == NULL);
+	BUG_ON(index_key->type->name == NULL);
+	kenter("%d,%s,%lx", keyring->serial, index_key->type->name, prealloc);
 
-	if (type == &key_type_keyring)
+	if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
 		up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
 
 	if (prealloc) {
@@ -1007,12 +1008,12 @@ int key_link(struct key *keyring, struct key *key)
 	key_check(keyring);
 	key_check(key);
 
-	ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, key->type, key->description, &prealloc);
+	ret = __key_link_begin(keyring, &key->index_key, &prealloc);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = __key_link_check_live_key(keyring, key);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			__key_link(keyring, key, &prealloc);
-		__key_link_end(keyring, key->type, prealloc);
+		__key_link_end(keyring, &key->index_key, prealloc);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index 172115b..586cb79 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ static int construct_alloc_key(struct key_type *type,
 			       struct key_user *user,
 			       struct key **_key)
 {
+	const struct keyring_index_key index_key = {
+		.type		= type,
+		.description	= description,
+		.desc_len	= strlen(description),
+	};
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	unsigned long prealloc;
 	struct key *key;
@@ -379,8 +384,7 @@ static int construct_alloc_key(struct key_type *type,
 	set_bit(KEY_FLAG_USER_CONSTRUCT, &key->flags);
 
 	if (dest_keyring) {
-		ret = __key_link_begin(dest_keyring, type, description,
-				       &prealloc);
+		ret = __key_link_begin(dest_keyring, &index_key, &prealloc);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto link_prealloc_failed;
 	}
@@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ static int construct_alloc_key(struct key_type *type,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&key_construction_mutex);
 	if (dest_keyring)
-		__key_link_end(dest_keyring, type, prealloc);
+		__key_link_end(dest_keyring, &index_key, prealloc);
 	mutex_unlock(&user->cons_lock);
 	*_key = key;
 	kleave(" = 0 [%d]", key_serial(key));
@@ -416,7 +420,7 @@ key_already_present:
 		ret = __key_link_check_live_key(dest_keyring, key);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			__key_link(dest_keyring, key, &prealloc);
-		__key_link_end(dest_keyring, type, prealloc);
+		__key_link_end(dest_keyring, &index_key, prealloc);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto link_check_failed;
 	}
