/* Return the number of unicode characters in data */
 static unsigned long
-utf8_strlen(efi_char16_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
+utf16_strnlen(efi_char16_t *s, size_t maxlength)
 {
        unsigned long length = 0;
 
-       while (*data++ != 0 && length < maxlength)
+       while (*s++ != 0 && length < maxlength)
                length++;
        return length;
 }
 
+static unsigned long
+utf16_strlen(efi_char16_t *s)
+{
+       return utf16_strnlen(s, ~0UL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the number of bytes is the length of this string
  * Note: this is NOT the same as the number of unicode characters
  */
 static inline unsigned long
-utf8_strsize(efi_char16_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
+utf16_strsize(efi_char16_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
 {
-       return utf8_strlen(data, maxlength/sizeof(efi_char16_t)) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
+       return utf16_strnlen(data, maxlength/sizeof(efi_char16_t)) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
 }
 
 static efi_status_t
                efivar_unregister(found);
 
        if (size)
-               efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars, utf8_strsize(efi_name, DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2),
+               efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
+                                         utf16_strsize(efi_name,
+                                                       DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2),
                                          efi_name, &vendor);
 
        return part;
         * Does this variable already exist?
         */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-               strsize1 = utf8_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
-               strsize2 = utf8_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024);
+               strsize1 = utf16_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
+               strsize2 = utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024);
                if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
                        !memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
                                new_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&
 
        /* Create the entry in sysfs.  Locking is not required here */
        status = efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
-                                          utf8_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
-                                                       1024),
+                                          utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
+                                                        1024),
                                           new_var->VariableName,
                                           &new_var->VendorGuid);
        if (status) {
         * Does this variable already exist?
         */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-               strsize1 = utf8_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
-               strsize2 = utf8_strsize(del_var->VariableName, 1024);
+               strsize1 = utf16_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
+               strsize2 = utf16_strsize(del_var->VariableName, 1024);
                if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
                        !memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
                                del_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&