}
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
-static void nfs_parse_ipv6_scope_id(const char *string, const size_t str_len,
-                                   const char *delim,
-                                   struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6)
+static int nfs_parse_ipv6_scope_id(const char *string, const size_t str_len,
+                                  const char *delim,
+                                  struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6)
 {
        char *p;
        size_t len;
 
-       if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&sin6->sin6_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL))
-               return ;
+       if ((string + str_len) == delim)
+               return 1;
+
        if (*delim != IPV6_SCOPE_DELIMITER)
-               return;
+               return 0;
+
+       if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&sin6->sin6_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL))
+               return 0;
 
        len = (string + str_len) - delim - 1;
        p = kstrndup(delim + 1, len, GFP_KERNEL);
                        scope_id = dev->ifindex;
                        dev_put(dev);
                } else {
-                       /* scope_id is set to zero on error */
-                       strict_strtoul(p, 10, &scope_id);
+                       if (strict_strtoul(p, 10, &scope_id) == 0) {
+                               kfree(p);
+                               return 0;
+                       }
                }
 
                kfree(p);
+
                sin6->sin6_scope_id = scope_id;
                dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: IPv6 scope ID = %lu\n", scope_id);
+               return 1;
        }
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void nfs_parse_ipv6_address(char *string, size_t str_len,
 
                sin6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
                *addr_len = sizeof(*sin6);
-               if (in6_pton(string, str_len, addr, IPV6_SCOPE_DELIMITER, &delim)) {
-                       nfs_parse_ipv6_scope_id(string, str_len, delim, sin6);
-                       return;
+               if (in6_pton(string, str_len, addr,
+                                       IPV6_SCOPE_DELIMITER, &delim) != 0) {
+                       if (nfs_parse_ipv6_scope_id(string, str_len,
+                                                       delim, sin6) != 0)
+                               return;
                }
        }