diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d83cab06da87..192f88c5b0f9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
 			if (opts->release_agent)
 				return -EINVAL;
 			opts->release_agent =
-				kstrndup(token + 14, PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+				kstrndup(token + 14, PATH_MAX - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!opts->release_agent)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		} else if (!strncmp(token, "name=", 5)) {
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
 			if (opts->name)
 				return -EINVAL;
 			opts->name = kstrndup(name,
-					      MAX_CGROUP_ROOT_NAMELEN,
+					      MAX_CGROUP_ROOT_NAMELEN - 1,
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!opts->name)
 				return -ENOMEM;