diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 3bd7e6eebf316a33196641eef0940b4d73dde03d..d2c1f6208d62d541fdd4180d803c051cd6e44d1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -293,13 +293,12 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 	memset(p->thread.ptrace_bps, 0, sizeof(p->thread.ptrace_bps));
 
 	if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(me, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
-		p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
+		p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmemdup(me->thread.io_bitmap_ptr,
+						  IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
 			p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		memcpy(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr, me->thread.io_bitmap_ptr,
-				IO_BITMAP_BYTES);
 		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_IO_BITMAP);
 	}