diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix.c
index 66c5e89326c11c67d42ab22d56e9948f2c3bf9fc..31b73310ec77db754d458fedeabd6ecea81ab4d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.c
@@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ static int asix_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u16 value, u16 index,
 		   cmd, value, index, size);
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
-		memcpy(buf, data, size);
 	}
 
 	err = usb_control_msg(
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
index 834d8cd3005d320924ea6496bff457036965f878..a6281e3987b5c47d6a061e1bb45538000bd6745e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
@@ -142,12 +142,10 @@ static int mcs7830_set_reg(struct usbnet *dev, u16 index, u16 size, const void *
 	int ret;
 	void *buffer;
 
-	buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO);
+	buffer = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (buffer == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(buffer, data, size);
-
 	ret = usb_control_msg(xdev, usb_sndctrlpipe(xdev, 0), MCS7830_WR_BREQ,
 			      MCS7830_WR_BMREQ, 0x0000, index, buffer,
 			      size, MCS7830_CTRL_TIMEOUT);