1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/ematch.c b/net/sched/ematch.c
index 0fd0768a17c6..8f8a16da72a8 100644
--- a/net/sched/ematch.c
+++ b/net/sched/ematch.c
@@ -251,12 +251,11 @@ static int tcf_em_validate(struct tcf_proto *tp,
                                         goto errout;
                                 em->data = *(u32 *) data;
                         } else {
-                                void *v = kmalloc(data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+                                void *v = kmemdup(data, data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
                                 if (v == NULL) {
                                         err = -ENOBUFS;
                                         goto errout;
                                 }
-                                memcpy(v, data, data_len);
                                 em->data = (unsigned long) v;
                         }
                 }