1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index 47634b617107..02b622e3b9fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -93,10 +93,9 @@ static int dm_write(struct usbnet *dev, u8 reg, u16 length, void *data)
         netdev_dbg(dev->net, "dm_write() reg=0x%02x, length=%d\n", reg, length);
 
         if (data) {
-                buf = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+                buf = kmemdup(data, length, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!buf)
                         goto out;
-                memcpy(buf, data, length);
         }
 
         err = usb_control_msg(dev->udev,