1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 3bdbb6115702..a8aab9cf26b9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1168,12 +1168,11 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
         if (ivmode && cc->iv_gen_ops) {
                 if (ivopts)
                         *(ivopts - 1) = ':';
-                cc->iv_mode = kmalloc(strlen(ivmode) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+                cc->iv_mode = kstrdup(ivmode, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!cc->iv_mode) {
                         ti->error = "Error kmallocing iv_mode string";
                         goto bad_ivmode_string;
                 }
-                strcpy(cc->iv_mode, ivmode);
         } else
                 cc->iv_mode = NULL;