diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index a84978c13bb8c6cb1bc2b5cf7569e6336b7fb550..6ab677913f9c4694fc88f55f6ec49e6fd34ec3cc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -986,12 +986,11 @@ static struct nfs4_client *alloc_client(struct xdr_netobj name)
 	clp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nfs4_client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (clp == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	clp->cl_name.data = kmalloc(name.len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	clp->cl_name.data = kmemdup(name.data, name.len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (clp->cl_name.data == NULL) {
 		kfree(clp);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	memcpy(clp->cl_name.data, name.data, name.len);
 	clp->cl_name.len = name.len;
 	return clp;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index b6fa792d6b858b5950c483092e7c05ca8c583446..0ec5a1b9700e5e8d59196cfa387f608aa5c7f0ce 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -215,10 +215,9 @@ defer_free(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp,
 static char *savemem(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, __be32 *p, int nbytes)
 {
 	if (p == argp->tmp) {
-		p = kmalloc(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+		p = kmemdup(argp->tmp, nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!p)
 			return NULL;
-		memcpy(p, argp->tmp, nbytes);
 	} else {
 		BUG_ON(p != argp->tmpp);
 		argp->tmpp = NULL;