diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c b/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
index 6d4d67924f22026236c0d4842f505773ae26dbf2..0cb3f3c227fce8453ce9b98a95643c7230a53704 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
@@ -411,15 +411,14 @@ static int __init ram_console_late_init(void)
 	if (ram_console_old_log == NULL)
 		return 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_EARLY_INIT
-	ram_console_old_log = kmalloc(ram_console_old_log_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ram_console_old_log = kmemdup(ram_console_old_log_init_buffer,
+					ram_console_old_log_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ram_console_old_log == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "ram_console: failed to allocate buffer for old log\n");
 		ram_console_old_log_size = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	memcpy(ram_console_old_log,
-	       ram_console_old_log_init_buffer, ram_console_old_log_size);
 #endif
 	entry = create_proc_entry("last_kmsg", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL);
 	if (!entry) {