diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index fe4ae36..efe67fa 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 	 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
 	 */
 	do {
+		if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
+			return 0;
 		length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
 		parent = parent->parent;
 	} while (parent);
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@
 	int len;
 
 	len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
+	if (len == 0)
+		return NULL;
 	path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;