1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c b/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
index 28eb89983f3..58ddbe6393f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ int variax_init(struct usb_interface *interface,
                 return err;
         }
 
-        variax->buffer_activate = kmalloc(sizeof(variax_activate), GFP_KERNEL);
+        variax->buffer_activate = kmemdup(variax_activate,
+                                          sizeof(variax_activate), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (variax->buffer_activate == NULL) {
                 dev_err(&interface->dev, "Out of memory\n");
@@ -494,8 +495,6 @@ int variax_init(struct usb_interface *interface,
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        memcpy(variax->buffer_activate, variax_activate,
-               sizeof(variax_activate));
         init_timer(&variax->activate_timer);
 
         /* create sysfs entries: */