diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 829232911..004bca46c 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 	    to Pavel Roskin.
 	* Fixed all fatalError() calls lacking a "\n", thanks to Pavel Roskin.
 	* Fixed a segfault in yes when no args were given -- Pavel Roskin.
+	* Simplified freeramdisk and added argument checking -- Pavel Roskin. 
 	* More doc updates
 
 
diff --git a/freeramdisk.c b/freeramdisk.c
index 4106cf144..cabe5660b 100644
--- a/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/freeramdisk.c
@@ -43,21 +43,17 @@ static const char freeramdisk_usage[] =
 extern int
 freeramdisk_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	char  rname[256] = "/dev/ram";
 	int   f;
 
-	if (argc < 2 || ( argv[1] && *argv[1] == '-')) {
+	if (argc != 2 || *argv[1] == '-') {
 		usage(freeramdisk_usage);
 	}
 
-	if (argc >1)
-		strcpy(rname, argv[1]);
-
-	if ((f = open(rname, O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", rname, strerror(errno));
+	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
+		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", rname, strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
diff --git a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
index 4106cf144..cabe5660b 100644
--- a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
@@ -43,21 +43,17 @@ static const char freeramdisk_usage[] =
 extern int
 freeramdisk_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	char  rname[256] = "/dev/ram";
 	int   f;
 
-	if (argc < 2 || ( argv[1] && *argv[1] == '-')) {
+	if (argc != 2 || *argv[1] == '-') {
 		usage(freeramdisk_usage);
 	}
 
-	if (argc >1)
-		strcpy(rname, argv[1]);
-
-	if ((f = open(rname, O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", rname, strerror(errno));
+	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
+		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", rname, strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */