diff --git a/sound/oss/sb_common.c b/sound/oss/sb_common.c
index 7d42c5418d1bb42ea6407ca284a6a0b498e7ec61..851a1da46be11f63140a8992bd423dc11df06990 100644
--- a/sound/oss/sb_common.c
+++ b/sound/oss/sb_common.c
@@ -626,13 +626,12 @@ int sb_dsp_detect(struct address_info *hw_config, int pci, int pciio, struct sb_
 	 */
 
 
-	detected_devc = kmalloc(sizeof(sb_devc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	detected_devc = kmemdup(devc, sizeof(sb_devc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (detected_devc == NULL)
 	{
 		printk(KERN_ERR "sb: Can't allocate memory for device information\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	memcpy(detected_devc, devc, sizeof(sb_devc));
 	MDB(printk(KERN_INFO "SB %d.%02d detected OK (%x)\n", devc->major, devc->minor, hw_config->io_base));
 	return 1;
 }