diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
index 2d58253bf2f7078c2b37d37e28ae8093d5ba7ef4..bd21a66f6930be05e0c759f818eca4fe98aa2e80 100644
--- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
+++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ static int update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference(struct device_node *overlay,
 	int offset, len;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	value = kmalloc(prop_fixup->length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	value = kmemdup(prop_fixup->value, prop_fixup->length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!value)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(value, prop_fixup->value, prop_fixup->length);
 
 	/* prop_fixup contains a list of tuples of path:property_name:offset */
 	end = value + prop_fixup->length;