1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 6c8dcf7613fd..aec931e09973 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ posix_acl_clone(const struct posix_acl *acl, gfp_t flags)
         if (acl) {
                 int size = sizeof(struct posix_acl) + acl->a_count *
                            sizeof(struct posix_acl_entry);
-                clone = kmalloc(size, flags);
-                if (clone) {
-                        memcpy(clone, acl, size);
+                clone = kmemdup(acl, size, flags);
+                if (clone)
                         atomic_set(&clone->a_refcount, 1);
-                }
         }
         return clone;
 }