diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
index 9ec262a526564134a0a61b4fa442549ea0ea2c57..ec090105eb4be7f9a8a3fbc2fd09168d011cca6c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
@@ -381,18 +381,12 @@ static int vmci_host_do_send_datagram(struct vmci_host_dev *vmci_host_dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	dg = kmalloc(send_info.len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dg) {
+	dg = memdup_user((void __user *)(uintptr_t)send_info.addr,
+			 send_info.len);
+	if (IS_ERR(dg)) {
 		vmci_ioctl_err(
 			"cannot allocate memory to dispatch datagram\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	if (copy_from_user(dg, (void __user *)(uintptr_t)send_info.addr,
-			   send_info.len)) {
-		vmci_ioctl_err("error getting datagram\n");
-		kfree(dg);
-		return -EFAULT;
+		return PTR_ERR(dg);
 	}
 
 	if (VMCI_DG_SIZE(dg) != send_info.len) {