diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 147bdec42215d54f6f17686492bbdcc6162f1c8b..21755471b1c317c2abb8a8daae830d7fabb44093 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -633,8 +633,7 @@ static inline int cpumask_parselist_user(const char __user *buf, int len,
  */
 static inline int cpumask_parse(const char *buf, struct cpumask *dstp)
 {
-	char *nl = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	unsigned int len = nl ? (unsigned int)(nl - buf) : strlen(buf);
+	unsigned int len = strchrnul(buf, '\n') - buf;
 
 	return bitmap_parse(buf, len, cpumask_bits(dstp), nr_cpumask_bits);
 }