1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
index 1fd9cb85f4ca..5c0a26cbd128 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ static void __exit emi26_exit (void);
 static int emi26_writememory (struct usb_device *dev, int address, unsigned char *data, int length, __u8 request)
 {
         int result;
-        unsigned char *buffer =  kmalloc (length, GFP_KERNEL);
+        unsigned char *buffer =  kmemdup(data, length, GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!buffer) {
                 err("emi26: kmalloc(%d) failed.", length);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memcpy (buffer, data, length);
         /* Note: usb_control_msg returns negative value on error or length of the
          *               data that was written! */
         result = usb_control_msg (dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), request, 0x40, address, 0, buffer, length, 300);