diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 100edcc..4c94a79 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@
  *   long file_ofs
  * followed by COUNT filenames in ASCII: "FILE1" NUL "FILE2" NUL...
  */
-static void fill_files_note(struct memelfnote *note)
+static int fill_files_note(struct memelfnote *note)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned count, size, names_ofs, remaining, n;
@@ -1428,11 +1428,11 @@
 	names_ofs = (2 + 3 * count) * sizeof(data[0]);
  alloc:
 	if (size >= MAX_FILE_NOTE_SIZE) /* paranoia check */
-		goto err;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	size = round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE);
 	data = vmalloc(size);
 	if (!data)
-		goto err;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	start_end_ofs = data + 2;
 	name_base = name_curpos = ((char *)data) + names_ofs;
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@
 
 	size = name_curpos - (char *)data;
 	fill_note(note, "CORE", NT_FILE, size, data);
- err: ;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@
 	fill_auxv_note(&info->auxv, current->mm);
 	info->size += notesize(&info->auxv);
 
-	fill_files_note(&info->files);
-	info->size += notesize(&info->files);
+	if (fill_files_note(&info->files) == 0)
+		info->size += notesize(&info->files);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -1719,7 +1719,8 @@
 			return 0;
 		if (first && !writenote(&info->auxv, file, foffset))
 			return 0;
-		if (first && !writenote(&info->files, file, foffset))
+		if (first && info->files.data &&
+				!writenote(&info->files, file, foffset))
 			return 0;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < info->thread_notes; ++i)
@@ -1806,6 +1807,7 @@
 
 struct elf_note_info {
 	struct memelfnote *notes;
+	struct memelfnote *notes_files;
 	struct elf_prstatus *prstatus;	/* NT_PRSTATUS */
 	struct elf_prpsinfo *psinfo;	/* NT_PRPSINFO */
 	struct list_head thread_list;
@@ -1896,9 +1898,12 @@
 
 	fill_siginfo_note(info->notes + 2, &info->csigdata, siginfo);
 	fill_auxv_note(info->notes + 3, current->mm);
-	fill_files_note(info->notes + 4);
+	info->numnote = 4;
 
-	info->numnote = 5;
+	if (fill_files_note(info->notes + info->numnote) == 0) {
+		info->notes_files = info->notes + info->numnote;
+		info->numnote++;
+	}
 
 	/* Try to dump the FPU. */
 	info->prstatus->pr_fpvalid = elf_core_copy_task_fpregs(current, regs,
@@ -1960,8 +1965,9 @@
 		kfree(list_entry(tmp, struct elf_thread_status, list));
 	}
 
-	/* Free data allocated by fill_files_note(): */
-	vfree(info->notes[4].data);
+	/* Free data possibly allocated by fill_files_note(): */
+	if (info->notes_files)
+		vfree(info->notes_files->data);
 
 	kfree(info->prstatus);
 	kfree(info->psinfo);
@@ -2044,7 +2050,7 @@
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *gate_vma;
 	struct elfhdr *elf = NULL;
 	loff_t offset = 0, dataoff, foffset;
-	struct elf_note_info info;
+	struct elf_note_info info = { };
 	struct elf_phdr *phdr4note = NULL;
 	struct elf_shdr *shdr4extnum = NULL;
 	Elf_Half e_phnum;