1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
index cc80babfd79f..005db409be64 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ static int em_nbyte_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *data, int data_len,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         em->datalen = sizeof(*nbyte) + nbyte->len;
-        em->data = (unsigned long) kmalloc(em->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+        em->data = (unsigned long)kmemdup(data, em->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (em->data == 0UL)
                 return -ENOBUFS;
 
-        memcpy((void *) em->data, data, em->datalen);
-
         return 0;
 }