diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 3aa4883..d576b55 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -768,13 +768,13 @@
 				 char __user * type, unsigned long flags,
 				 void __user * data)
 {
-	unsigned long type_page;
+	char *kernel_type;
 	unsigned long data_page;
-	unsigned long dev_page;
+	char *kernel_dev;
 	char *dir_page;
 	int retval;
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options (type, &type_page);
+	retval = copy_mount_string(type, &kernel_type);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -783,38 +783,38 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(dir_page))
 		goto out1;
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options (dev_name, &dev_page);
+	retval = copy_mount_string(dev_name, &kernel_dev);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out2;
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options (data, &data_page);
+	retval = copy_mount_options(data, &data_page);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out3;
 
 	retval = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (type_page && data_page) {
-		if (!strcmp((char *)type_page, SMBFS_NAME)) {
+	if (kernel_type && data_page) {
+		if (!strcmp(kernel_type, SMBFS_NAME)) {
 			do_smb_super_data_conv((void *)data_page);
-		} else if (!strcmp((char *)type_page, NCPFS_NAME)) {
+		} else if (!strcmp(kernel_type, NCPFS_NAME)) {
 			do_ncp_super_data_conv((void *)data_page);
-		} else if (!strcmp((char *)type_page, NFS4_NAME)) {
+		} else if (!strcmp(kernel_type, NFS4_NAME)) {
 			if (do_nfs4_super_data_conv((void *) data_page))
 				goto out4;
 		}
 	}
 
-	retval = do_mount((char*)dev_page, dir_page, (char*)type_page,
+	retval = do_mount(kernel_dev, dir_page, kernel_type,
 			flags, (void*)data_page);
 
  out4:
 	free_page(data_page);
  out3:
-	free_page(dev_page);
+	kfree(kernel_dev);
  out2:
 	putname(dir_page);
  out1:
-	free_page(type_page);
+	kfree(kernel_type);
  out:
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index d55ef56..515175b 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
  * namespace.c
  */
 extern int copy_mount_options(const void __user *, unsigned long *);
+extern int copy_mount_string(const void __user *, char **);
 
 extern void free_vfsmnt(struct vfsmount *);
 extern struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 7230787..bdc3cb4 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 
-	if (!type || !memchr(type, 0, PAGE_SIZE))
+	if (!type)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* we need capabilities... */
@@ -1871,6 +1871,23 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int copy_mount_string(const void __user *data, char **where)
+{
+	char *tmp;
+
+	if (!data) {
+		*where = NULL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	tmp = strndup_user(data, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+		return PTR_ERR(tmp);
+
+	*where = tmp;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Flags is a 32-bit value that allows up to 31 non-fs dependent flags to
  * be given to the mount() call (ie: read-only, no-dev, no-suid etc).
@@ -1900,8 +1917,6 @@
 
 	if (!dir_name || !*dir_name || !memchr(dir_name, 0, PAGE_SIZE))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (dev_name && !memchr(dev_name, 0, PAGE_SIZE))
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (data_page)
 		((char *)data_page)[PAGE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
@@ -2070,40 +2085,42 @@
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
 		char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
 {
-	int retval;
+	int ret;
+	char *kernel_type;
+	char *kernel_dir;
+	char *kernel_dev;
 	unsigned long data_page;
-	unsigned long type_page;
-	unsigned long dev_page;
-	char *dir_page;
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options(type, &type_page);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
+	ret = copy_mount_string(type, &kernel_type);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_type;
 
-	dir_page = getname(dir_name);
-	retval = PTR_ERR(dir_page);
-	if (IS_ERR(dir_page))
-		goto out1;
+	kernel_dir = getname(dir_name);
+	if (IS_ERR(kernel_dir)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(kernel_dir);
+		goto out_dir;
+	}
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options(dev_name, &dev_page);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out2;
+	ret = copy_mount_string(dev_name, &kernel_dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_dev;
 
-	retval = copy_mount_options(data, &data_page);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out3;
+	ret = copy_mount_options(data, &data_page);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_data;
 
-	retval = do_mount((char *)dev_page, dir_page, (char *)type_page,
-			  flags, (void *)data_page);
+	ret = do_mount(kernel_dev, kernel_dir, kernel_type, flags,
+		(void *) data_page);
+
 	free_page(data_page);
-
-out3:
-	free_page(dev_page);
-out2:
-	putname(dir_page);
-out1:
-	free_page(type_page);
-	return retval;
+out_data:
+	kfree(kernel_dev);
+out_dev:
+	putname(kernel_dir);
+out_dir:
+	kfree(kernel_type);
+out_type:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*