diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0f58588434b1..8aed404aef9b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 99bf236612801351834b441314379bc5304d62ce
+refs/heads/master: 5476b8b22589fe118f3c228d71406455002b79b1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index 47634b617107..02b622e3b9fb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -93,10 +93,9 @@ static int dm_write(struct usbnet *dev, u8 reg, u16 length, void *data)
 	netdev_dbg(dev->net, "dm_write() reg=0x%02x, length=%d\n", reg, length);
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmemdup(data, length, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
-		memcpy(buf, data, length);
 	}
 
 	err = usb_control_msg(dev->udev,