diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index ed78a3cf3cb047046d8ea385af9554e63214aac8..dd745c361d7c72ad024b21b673c65e9669051d6b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int jffs2_symlink (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, const char
 	}
 
 	/* We use f->target field to store the target path. */
-	f->target = kmalloc(targetlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	f->target = kmemdup(target, targetlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!f->target) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't allocate %d bytes of memory\n", targetlen + 1);
 		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ static int jffs2_symlink (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, const char
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(f->target, target, targetlen + 1);
 	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_symlink: symlink's target '%s' cached\n", (char *)f->target));
 
 	/* No data here. Only a metadata node, which will be