goto bad;
        }
 
+       n = strnlen(req->name, req->name_len + 1);
+       if (n != req->name_len)
+               goto bad;
+
        return 0;
 
 bad:
                        break;
                }
 
+               req.name[req.name_len] = '\0';
                err = verify_mkvol_req(ubi, &req);
                if (err)
                        break;
 
-               req.name[req.name_len] = '\0';
-
                mutex_lock(&ubi->volumes_mutex);
                err = ubi_create_volume(ubi, &req);
                mutex_unlock(&ubi->volumes_mutex);
 
        vol->data_pad  = ubi->leb_size % vol->alignment;
        vol->vol_type  = req->vol_type;
        vol->name_len  = req->name_len;
-       memcpy(vol->name, req->name, vol->name_len + 1);
+       memcpy(vol->name, req->name, vol->name_len);
        vol->ubi = ubi;
 
        /*
                vtbl_rec.vol_type = UBI_VID_DYNAMIC;
        else
                vtbl_rec.vol_type = UBI_VID_STATIC;
-       memcpy(vtbl_rec.name, vol->name, vol->name_len + 1);
+       memcpy(vtbl_rec.name, vol->name, vol->name_len);
 
        err = ubi_change_vtbl_record(ubi, vol_id, &vtbl_rec);
        if (err)