diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index aed4183840c5..49c5f045270f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static inline void flush_cache_ent(struct cache_entry *ce)
 		return;
 
 	hlist_del_init_rcu(&ce->hlist);
-	kfree_const(ce->path);
+	kfree(ce->path);
 	free_tgts(ce);
 	cache_count--;
 	call_rcu(&ce->rcu, free_cache_entry);
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static struct cache_entry *alloc_cache_entry(const char *path,
 	if (!ce)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ce->path = kstrdup_const(path, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ce->path = kstrndup(path, strlen(path), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ce->path) {
 		kmem_cache_free(cache_slab, ce);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static struct cache_entry *alloc_cache_entry(const char *path,
 
 	rc = copy_ref_data(refs, numrefs, ce, NULL);
 	if (rc) {
-		kfree_const(ce->path);
+		kfree(ce->path);
 		kmem_cache_free(cache_slab, ce);
 		ce = ERR_PTR(rc);
 	}