diff --git a/fs/afs/cell.c b/fs/afs/cell.c
index 005921e..5b79cdc 100644
--- a/fs/afs/cell.c
+++ b/fs/afs/cell.c
@@ -154,10 +154,17 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
+	cell->name = kmalloc(namelen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cell->name) {
+		kfree(cell);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
 	cell->net = net;
 	cell->name_len = namelen;
 	for (i = 0; i < namelen; i++)
 		cell->name[i] = tolower(name[i]);
+	cell->name[i] = 0;
 
 	atomic_set(&cell->usage, 2);
 	INIT_WORK(&cell->manager, afs_manage_cell);
@@ -207,6 +214,7 @@
 	if (ret == -EINVAL)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "kAFS: bad VL server IP address\n");
 error:
+	kfree(cell->name);
 	kfree(cell);
 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -489,6 +497,7 @@
 	afs_put_vlserverlist(cell->net, rcu_access_pointer(cell->vl_servers));
 	afs_put_cell(cell->net, cell->alias_of);
 	key_put(cell->anonymous_key);
+	kfree(cell->name);
 	kfree(cell);
 
 	_leave(" [destroyed]");
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index d520535..792ac71 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 	struct afs_vlserver_list __rcu *vl_servers;
 
 	u8			name_len;	/* Length of name */
-	char			name[64 + 1];	/* Cell name, case-flattened and NUL-padded */
+	char			*name;		/* Cell name, case-flattened and NUL-padded */
 };
 
 /*