1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index f2234db85da0..e61d4f8e62a5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1027,10 +1027,9 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
                 /* Don't trust ECDT, which comes from ASUSTek */
                 if (!EC_FLAGS_VALIDATE_ECDT)
                         goto install;
-                saved_ec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
+                saved_ec = kmemdup(boot_ec, sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!saved_ec)
                         return -ENOMEM;
-                memcpy(saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(struct acpi_ec));
         /* fall through */
         }