1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
index 4e4eaa2a99ca..5bf4d4119c3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
@@ -7568,11 +7568,10 @@ static int ipw2100_wx_set_genie(struct net_device *dev,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (wrqu->data.length) {
-                buf = kmalloc(wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
+                buf = kmemdup(extra, wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (buf == NULL)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
-                memcpy(buf, extra, wrqu->data.length);
                 kfree(ieee->wpa_ie);
                 ieee->wpa_ie = buf;
                 ieee->wpa_ie_len = wrqu->data.length;