1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index d3ff3503326a..45d47d37155e 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -546,10 +546,9 @@ static int meta_var_change(struct meta_value *dst, struct rtattr *rta)
 {
         int len = RTA_PAYLOAD(rta);
 
-        dst->val = (unsigned long) kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        dst->val = (unsigned long)kmemdup(RTA_DATA(rta), len, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (dst->val == 0UL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memcpy((void *) dst->val, RTA_DATA(rta), len);
         dst->len = len;
         return 0;
 }