diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 057d1ff87d5d..960542dea5ad 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static void nvmem_cell_drop(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
 	list_del(&cell->node);
 	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
 	of_node_put(cell->np);
-	kfree(cell->name);
+	kfree_const(cell->name);
 	kfree(cell);
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ static int nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 	cell->nvmem = nvmem;
 	cell->offset = info->offset;
 	cell->bytes = info->bytes;
-	cell->name = info->name;
+	cell->name = kstrdup_const(info->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cell->name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cell->bit_offset = info->bit_offset;
 	cell->nbits = info->nbits;
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ static int nvmem_add_cells_from_of(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 			dev_err(dev, "cell %s unaligned to nvmem stride %d\n",
 				cell->name, nvmem->stride);
 			/* Cells already added will be freed later. */
-			kfree(cell->name);
+			kfree_const(cell->name);
 			kfree(cell);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}