diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index da99cf153b33737ce45a06e71fc89037b96096b3..ccfe633eec8e0df4701cd9ff4ad8b57975cb8f88 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -436,14 +436,9 @@ static int raw_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 
 		if (count > 1) {
 			/* filter does not fit into dfilter => alloc space */
-			filter = kmalloc(optlen, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!filter)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-
-			if (copy_from_user(filter, optval, optlen)) {
-				kfree(filter);
-				return -EFAULT;
-			}
+			filter = memdup_user(optval, optlen);
+			if (IS_ERR(filter))
+				return PTR_ERR(filter);
 		} else if (count == 1) {
 			if (copy_from_user(&sfilter, optval, sizeof(sfilter)))
 				return -EFAULT;