diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f88953121d98..ceea3edf78c7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ff020726a7e963c3b9fb71825b3c33885022a8f0
+refs/heads/master: a465a2cc6eb55908a70e386b729293e9d9e4726e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
index 77b359162d6c..3bd66220604f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
@@ -907,12 +907,10 @@ static void ath9k_hif_usb_reboot(struct usb_device *udev)
 	void *buf;
 	int ret;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(4, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmemdup(&reboot_cmd, 4, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return;
 
-	memcpy(buf, &reboot_cmd, 4);
-
 	ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, USB_REG_OUT_PIPE),
 			   buf, 4, NULL, HZ);
 	if (ret)