1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index c746108c5d48..46878daca5cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 struct alloc_stat;
 typedef int (*sort_fn_t)(struct alloc_stat *, struct alloc_stat *);
@@ -618,12 +619,11 @@ static int sort_dimension__add(const char *tok, struct list_head *list)
 
         for (i = 0; i < NUM_AVAIL_SORTS; i++) {
                 if (!strcmp(avail_sorts[i]->name, tok)) {
-                        sort = malloc(sizeof(*sort));
+                        sort = memdup(avail_sorts[i], sizeof(*avail_sorts[i]));
                         if (!sort) {
-                                pr_err("%s: malloc failed\n", __func__);
+                                pr_err("%s: memdup failed\n", __func__);
                                 return -1;
                         }
-                        memcpy(sort, avail_sorts[i], sizeof(*sort));
                         list_add_tail(&sort->list, list);
                         return 0;
                 }