diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 0ced387e14638f2a711fbca784ab621ac9121b1d..e9ff44cd5d86e3491eaa7c5a7a93c48156b480f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -92,13 +92,12 @@ static struct property *dlpar_clone_drconf_property(struct device_node *dn)
 		return NULL;
 
 	new_prop->name = kstrdup(prop->name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	new_prop->value = kmalloc(prop->length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_prop->value = kmemdup(prop->value, prop->length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_prop->name || !new_prop->value) {
 		dlpar_free_drconf_property(new_prop);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(new_prop->value, prop->value, prop->length);
 	new_prop->length = prop->length;
 
 	/* Convert the property to cpu endian-ness */