diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 8f15fc134040..6726c4a5efa2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ bool f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 		else
 			d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
-		/* encrypted case */
 		de_name.name = d->filename[bit_pos];
 		de_name.len = le16_to_cpu(de->name_len);
 
@@ -795,12 +794,20 @@ bool f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 			int save_len = fstr->len;
 			int ret;
 
+			de_name.name = kmalloc(de_name.len, GFP_NOFS);
+			if (!de_name.name)
+				return false;
+
+			memcpy(de_name.name, d->filename[bit_pos], de_name.len);
+
 			ret = f2fs_fname_disk_to_usr(d->inode, &de->hash_code,
 							&de_name, fstr);
-			de_name = *fstr;
-			fstr->len = save_len;
+			kfree(de_name.name);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return true;
+
+			de_name = *fstr;
+			fstr->len = save_len;
 		}
 
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, de_name.name, de_name.len,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index a680bf38e4f0..dfa01c88b34b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -947,8 +947,13 @@ static const char *f2fs_encrypted_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cook
 
 	/* Symlink is encrypted */
 	sd = (struct f2fs_encrypted_symlink_data *)caddr;
-	cstr.name = sd->encrypted_path;
 	cstr.len = le16_to_cpu(sd->len);
+	cstr.name = kmalloc(cstr.len, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!cstr.name) {
+		res = -ENOMEM;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+	memcpy(cstr.name, sd->encrypted_path, cstr.len);
 
 	/* this is broken symlink case */
 	if (cstr.name[0] == 0 && cstr.len == 0) {
@@ -970,6 +975,8 @@ static const char *f2fs_encrypted_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cook
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto errout;
 
+	kfree(cstr.name);
+
 	paddr = pstr.name;
 
 	/* Null-terminate the name */
@@ -979,6 +986,7 @@ static const char *f2fs_encrypted_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cook
 	page_cache_release(cpage);
 	return *cookie = paddr;
 errout:
+	kfree(cstr.name);
 	f2fs_fname_crypto_free_buffer(&pstr);
 	kunmap(cpage);
 	page_cache_release(cpage);