1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
index 00b24282fc73..c8f268951e10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int wl1251_fetch_nvs(struct wl1251 *wl)
         }
 
         wl->nvs_len = fw->size;
-        wl->nvs = kmalloc(wl->nvs_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        wl->nvs = kmemdup(fw->data, wl->nvs_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!wl->nvs) {
                 wl1251_error("could not allocate memory for the nvs file");
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ static int wl1251_fetch_nvs(struct wl1251 *wl)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        memcpy(wl->nvs, fw->data, wl->nvs_len);
-
         ret = 0;
 
 out: