diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
index 3256a1da7e46c00e6c58e148953b083dc54ec61d..020baf15e02d59f45342a6a069fce8f3ca78fa8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
@@ -3465,12 +3465,15 @@ void wilc_network_info_received(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *buffer, u32 length)
 	msg.vif = vif;
 
 	msg.body.net_info.len = length;
-	msg.body.net_info.buffer = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
-	memcpy(msg.body.net_info.buffer, buffer, length);
+	msg.body.net_info.buffer = kmemdup(buffer, length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg.body.net_info.buffer)
+		return;
 
 	result = wilc_enqueue_cmd(&msg);
-	if (result)
+	if (result) {
 		netdev_err(vif->ndev, "message parameters (%d)\n", result);
+		kfree(msg.body.net_info.buffer);
+	}
 }
 
 void wilc_gnrl_async_info_received(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *buffer, u32 length)