1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/umid.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/umid.c
index 1d7558dac75f..a3dd61521d24 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/umid.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/umid.c
@@ -137,20 +137,13 @@ static inline int is_umdir_used(char *dir)
 {
 	char pid[sizeof("nnnnnnnnn")], *end, *file;
 	int dead, fd, p, n, err;
-	size_t filelen;
+	size_t filelen = strlen(dir) + sizeof("/pid") + 1;
 
-	err = asprintf(&file, "%s/pid", dir);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	filelen = strlen(file);
+	file = malloc(filelen);
+	if (!file)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	n = snprintf(file, filelen, "%s/pid", dir);
-	if (n >= filelen) {
-		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "is_umdir_used - pid filename too long\n");
-		err = -E2BIG;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	snprintf(file, filelen, "%s/pid", dir);
 
 	dead = 0;
 	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);