1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 839e71e78673..79369c13cc55 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -532,11 +532,10 @@ bad_block:
 
                         unlock_buffer(bh);
                         ea_bdebug(bh, "cloning");
-                        header = kmalloc(bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+                        header = kmemdup(HDR(bh), bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                         error = -ENOMEM;
                         if (header == NULL)
                                 goto cleanup;
-                        memcpy(header, HDR(bh), bh->b_size);
                         header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
 
                         offset = (char *)here - bh->b_data;