/**
  * drm_get_connector_name - return a string for connector
- * @connector: connector to compute name of
- *
- * Note that the buffer used by this function is globally shared and owned by
- * the function itself.
- *
- * FIXME: This isn't really multithreading safe.
+ * @connector: the connector to get name for
  */
 const char *drm_get_connector_name(const struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-       static char buf[32];
-
-       snprintf(buf, 32, "%s-%d",
-                drm_connector_enum_list[connector->connector_type].name,
-                connector->connector_type_id);
-       return buf;
+       return connector->name;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_connector_name);
 
 
        ret = drm_mode_object_get(dev, &connector->base, DRM_MODE_OBJECT_CONNECTOR);
        if (ret)
-               goto out;
+               goto out_unlock;
 
        connector->base.properties = &connector->properties;
        connector->dev = dev;
                ida_simple_get(connector_ida, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (connector->connector_type_id < 0) {
                ret = connector->connector_type_id;
-               drm_mode_object_put(dev, &connector->base);
-               goto out;
+               goto out_put;
        }
+       connector->name =
+               kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%d",
+                         drm_connector_enum_list[connector_type].name,
+                         connector->connector_type_id);
+       if (!connector->name) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_put;
+       }
+
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&connector->probed_modes);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&connector->modes);
        connector->edid_blob_ptr = NULL;
        drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
                                      dev->mode_config.dpms_property, 0);
 
- out:
+out_put:
+       if (ret)
+               drm_mode_object_put(dev, &connector->base);
+
+out_unlock:
        drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
 
        return ret;
                   connector->connector_type_id);
 
        drm_mode_object_put(dev, &connector->base);
+       kfree(connector->name);
+       connector->name = NULL;
        list_del(&connector->head);
        dev->mode_config.num_connector--;
 }