diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
index 037defd10b91800a5210c4f115584d30278d9e5f..412fbd4130030e8eb6b1e01a3bd00879163ff13e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static int wl1251_fetch_nvs(struct wl1251 *wl)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	wl->nvs_len = fw->size;
-	wl->nvs = kmemdup(fw->data, wl->nvs_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	wl->nvs = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!wl->nvs) {
 		wl1251_error("could not allocate memory for the nvs file");
@@ -131,6 +130,8 @@ static int wl1251_fetch_nvs(struct wl1251 *wl)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	wl->nvs_len = fw->size;
+
 	ret = 0;
 
 out: