1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 79121aa5858b..92978658ed18 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int jffs2_symlink (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, const char
         }
 
         /* We use f->target field to store the target path. */
-        f->target = kmalloc(targetlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        f->target = kmemdup(target, targetlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!f->target) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't allocate %d bytes of memory\n", targetlen + 1);
                 mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ static int jffs2_symlink (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, const char
                 goto fail;
         }
 
-        memcpy(f->target, target, targetlen + 1);
         D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_symlink: symlink's target '%s' cached\n", (char *)f->target));
 
         /* No data here. Only a metadata node, which will be