{
        struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
        struct thermal_zone_device *pos = NULL;
-       int result;
-
-       if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)
-               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+       int ret;
 
        if (!ops || !ops->get_max_state || !ops->get_cur_state ||
            !ops->set_cur_state)
        if (!cdev)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       result = ida_simple_get(&thermal_cdev_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (result < 0) {
-               kfree(cdev);
-               return ERR_PTR(result);
+       ret = ida_simple_get(&thermal_cdev_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto out_kfree_cdev;
+       cdev->id = ret;
+
+       cdev->type = kstrdup(type ? type : "", GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!cdev->type) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_ida_remove;
        }
 
-       cdev->id = result;
-       strlcpy(cdev->type, type ? : "", sizeof(cdev->type));
        mutex_init(&cdev->lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances);
        cdev->np = np;
        cdev->devdata = devdata;
        thermal_cooling_device_setup_sysfs(cdev);
        dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
-       result = device_register(&cdev->device);
-       if (result) {
-               ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
-               put_device(&cdev->device);
-               return ERR_PTR(result);
-       }
+       ret = device_register(&cdev->device);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_kfree_type;
 
        /* Add 'this' new cdev to the global cdev list */
        mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
        mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
        return cdev;
+
+out_kfree_type:
+       kfree(cdev->type);
+       put_device(&cdev->device);
+out_ida_remove:
+       ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
+out_kfree_cdev:
+       return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /**
        ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
        device_del(&cdev->device);
        thermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs(cdev);
+       kfree(cdev->type);
        put_device(&cdev->device);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_cooling_device_unregister);