1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c
index 46614807a57f..741df916c124 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c
@@ -58,12 +58,10 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *dp, const char *name, void *val, int len
         void *new_val;
         int err;
 
-        new_val = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        new_val = kmemdup(val, len, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!new_val)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memcpy(new_val, val, len);
-
         err = -ENODEV;
 
         mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex);