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-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl_binary.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index b25115e8c7f3..ebf72358e86a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1171,9 +1171,10 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
/* Convert the decnet address to binary */
result = -EIO;
- nodep = strchr(buf, '.') + 1;
+ nodep = strchr(buf, '.');
if (!nodep)
goto out;
+ ++nodep;
area = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
node = simple_strtoul(nodep, NULL, 10);