diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index c3dae2e0f290e8ad64b4f3e6c869c2fca14cd1a1..962064487ef7f32fa0e5efa982c20f8c7955fb0b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1203,11 +1203,10 @@ static int blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	int j;
 
 	/* Stage 1: Make a safe copy of the shadow state. */
-	copy = kmalloc(sizeof(info->shadow),
+	copy = kmemdup(info->shadow, sizeof(info->shadow),
 		       GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!copy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(copy, info->shadow, sizeof(info->shadow));
 
 	/* Stage 2: Set up free list. */
 	memset(&info->shadow, 0, sizeof(info->shadow));