diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
index 7dfc7c2188f0..601ca2337e45 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
@@ -130,13 +130,18 @@ static struct rc_map_list empty_map = {
 static int ir_create_table(struct rc_map *rc_map,
 			   const char *name, u64 rc_type, size_t size)
 {
-	rc_map->name = name;
+	rc_map->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rc_map->name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	rc_map->rc_type = rc_type;
 	rc_map->alloc = roundup_pow_of_two(size * sizeof(struct rc_map_table));
 	rc_map->size = rc_map->alloc / sizeof(struct rc_map_table);
 	rc_map->scan = kmalloc(rc_map->alloc, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rc_map->scan)
+	if (!rc_map->scan) {
+		kfree(rc_map->name);
+		rc_map->name = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	IR_dprintk(1, "Allocated space for %u keycode entries (%u bytes)\n",
 		   rc_map->size, rc_map->alloc);
@@ -153,6 +158,7 @@ static int ir_create_table(struct rc_map *rc_map,
 static void ir_free_table(struct rc_map *rc_map)
 {
 	rc_map->size = 0;
+	kfree(rc_map->name);
 	kfree(rc_map->scan);
 	rc_map->scan = NULL;
 }