1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index f1e3f25fe004..0bba930d0009 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ cifs_idmap_key_instantiate(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
                 key->datalen = prep->datalen;
                 return 0;
         }
-        payload = kmalloc(prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+        payload = kmemdup(prep->data, prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!payload)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memcpy(payload, prep->data, prep->datalen);
         key->payload.data = payload;
         key->datalen = prep->datalen;
         return 0;