diff --git a/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c b/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
index 7a15910d2171..8859fc193542 100644
--- a/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
+++ b/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static int populate_ruleset(
 	ret = 0;
 
 out_free_name:
+	free(path_list);
 	free(env_path_name);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/security/landlock/syscalls.c b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
index 32396962f04d..7e27ce394020 100644
--- a/security/landlock/syscalls.c
+++ b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(landlock_create_ruleset,
 		return PTR_ERR(ruleset);
 
 	/* Creates anonymous FD referring to the ruleset. */
-	ruleset_fd = anon_inode_getfd("landlock-ruleset", &ruleset_fops,
+	ruleset_fd = anon_inode_getfd("[landlock-ruleset]", &ruleset_fops,
 			ruleset, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (ruleset_fd < 0)
 		landlock_put_ruleset(ruleset);