diff --git a/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c b/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
index 38b5811fb6c7bf653f91aaaf5a396bfd61f44719..da6d3afa1f89f81977fc553910660dc6011018c0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
@@ -2706,12 +2706,11 @@ static int exfat_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	/* timestamp is already written, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded. */
 
-	EXFAT_I(inode)->target = kmalloc(len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	EXFAT_I(inode)->target = kmemdup(target, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!EXFAT_I(inode)->target) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	memcpy(EXFAT_I(inode)->target, target, len+1);
 
 	dentry->d_time = GET_IVERSION(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);