diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index 42e67ad6bd207dabd505c779e131b9465dad3e82..ab41be625a5316e30ae2f30d1329e657196e98e2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -139,13 +139,12 @@ bail:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&emsgs_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mp = kmalloc(n, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	mp = kmemdup(msg, n, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (mp == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: allocation failure, len=%ld\n", n);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(mp, msg, n);
 	em->msg = mp;
 	em->flags |= EMFL_VALID;
 	em->len = n;