diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
index fa445dd4dc006e5c1ec2f079b206cdd72cecf7e6..a4f5ce14dc1cdca1970a689ab19f6c10144aec8d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
@@ -186,12 +186,11 @@ static u8 *edid_load(struct drm_connector *connector, char *name,
 		goto relfw_out;
 	}
 
-	edid = kmalloc(fwsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	edid = kmemdup(fwdata, fwsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (edid == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto relfw_out;
 	}
-	memcpy(edid, fwdata, fwsize);
 
 	if (!drm_edid_block_valid(edid, 0, print_bad_edid)) {
 		connector->bad_edid_counter++;