rbd_assert(obj_request_type_valid(type));
 
        size = strlen(object_name) + 1;
-       obj_request = kzalloc(sizeof (*obj_request) + size, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!obj_request)
+       name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!name)
+               return NULL;
+
+       obj_request = kzalloc(sizeof (*obj_request), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!obj_request) {
+               kfree(name);
                return NULL;
+       }
 
-       name = (char *)(obj_request + 1);
        obj_request->object_name = memcpy(name, object_name, size);
        obj_request->offset = offset;
        obj_request->length = length;
                break;
        }
 
+       kfree(obj_request->object_name);
        kfree(obj_request);
 }