diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index da8158392010..7fb870097a84 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -246,12 +246,15 @@ int of_device_request_module(struct device *dev)
 	if (size < 0)
 		return size;
 
-	str = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* Reserve an additional byte for the trailing '\0' */
+	size++;
+
+	str = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!str)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	of_device_get_modalias(dev, str, size);
-	str[size] = '\0';
+	str[size - 1] = '\0';
 	ret = request_module(str);
 	kfree(str);