diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 75563b586042..c1b0bc2e1590 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ceaec188e7784c7f9ab5fca110fecb790837dbc
+refs/heads/master: 6d00c9aa2bb98909de21eaaf767b9ed76fe26f86
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c
index 3977addf3ba8..b42c239de9cf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c
@@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ static int _send_control_msg(struct pwc_device *pdev,
 	void *kbuf = NULL;
 
 	if (buflen) {
-		kbuf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */
+		kbuf = kmemdup(buf, buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */
 		if (kbuf == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		memcpy(kbuf, buf, buflen);
 	}
 
 	rc = usb_control_msg(pdev->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(pdev->udev, 0),