diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
index 5775124e2aeefd57215324cb1c778ad983f8b024..a63108c6df7d9cd6586312b24b8a176ece7a1cc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c
@@ -993,11 +993,9 @@ static int orinoco_ioctl_set_genie(struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (wrqu->data.length) {
-		buf = kmalloc(wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmemdup(extra, wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (buf == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		memcpy(buf, extra, wrqu->data.length);
 	} else
 		buf = NULL;