diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index 9f91c7aba4b0c7961bca73593411d821c751566b..25431965a625a63d99fd3fa6d3167183ea45606a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -630,12 +630,10 @@ int set_registers(struct r8152 *tp, u16 value, u16 index, u16 size, void *data)
 	int ret;
 	void *tmp;
 
-	tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmp = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(tmp, data, size);
-
 	ret = usb_control_msg(tp->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(tp->udev, 0),
 			       RTL8152_REQ_SET_REGS, RTL8152_REQT_WRITE,
 			       value, index, tmp, size, 500);