1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
index 156b52732f3d..b5c80b5d57ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ static void _usb_writeN_sync(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, void *data,
         u8 *buffer;
 
         wvalue = (u16)(addr & 0x0000ffff);
-        buffer = kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        buffer = kmemdup(data, len, GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (!buffer)
                 return;
-        memcpy(buffer, data, len);
         usb_control_msg(udev, pipe, request, reqtype, wvalue,
                         index, buffer, len, 50);