Index: uspace/lib/fdisk/src/fdisk.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/fdisk/src/fdisk.c	(revision 9c2c7d2247cc1ad0410cd61ab534af9a246d328b)
+++ uspace/lib/fdisk/src/fdisk.c	(revision ae8d7b08ee87b5250ac55eb2e4d59710943f445a)
@@ -735,10 +735,8 @@
 	vbd_part_id_t partid = 0;
 	vol_part_info_t vpinfo;
-	char *label;
-	int rc;
-
-	label = str_dup(pspec->label);
-	if (label == NULL)
-		return ENOMEM;
+	const char *label;
+	int rc;
+
+	label = pspec->label != NULL ? pspec->label : "";
 
 	rc = fdisk_part_spec_prepare(dev, pspec, &vpspec);
@@ -762,5 +760,5 @@
 	if (part->svc_id != 0) {
 		rc = vol_part_mkfs(dev->fdisk->vol, part->svc_id, pspec->fstype,
-		    pspec->label);
+		    label);
 		if (rc != EOK && rc != ENOTSUP) {
 			rc = EIO;