1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 9eef7d41522f..320206376206 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -3565,14 +3565,13 @@ static int qla4xxx_copy_from_fwddb_param(struct iscsi_bus_flash_session *sess,
         if (test_bit(OPT_IPV6_DEVICE, &options)) {
                 conn->ipv6_traffic_class = fw_ddb_entry->ipv4_tos;
 
-                conn->link_local_ipv6_addr = kzalloc(IPv6_ADDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+                conn->link_local_ipv6_addr = kmemdup(
+                                        fw_ddb_entry->link_local_ipv6_addr,
+                                        IPv6_ADDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!conn->link_local_ipv6_addr) {
                         rc = -ENOMEM;
                         goto exit_copy;
                 }
-
-                memcpy(conn->link_local_ipv6_addr,
-                       fw_ddb_entry->link_local_ipv6_addr, IPv6_ADDR_LEN);
         } else {
                 conn->ipv4_tos = fw_ddb_entry->ipv4_tos;
         }