1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
index 5775124e2aee..a63108c6df7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
@@ -993,11 +993,9 @@ static int orinoco_ioctl_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);
         } else
                 buf = NULL;