1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index d0162a4cb7fd..7caf8c7b0ac5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -87,16 +87,10 @@ module_param(dapm_status, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dapm_status, "enable DPM sysfs entries");
 
 /* create a new dapm widget */
-static struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *dapm_cnew_widget(
+static inline struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *dapm_cnew_widget(
         const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *_widget)
 {
-        struct snd_soc_dapm_widget* widget;
-        widget = kmalloc(sizeof(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!widget)
-                return NULL;
-
-        memcpy(widget, _widget, sizeof(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget));
-        return widget;
+        return kmemdup(_widget, sizeof(*_widget), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /* set up initial codec paths */