diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 35036071c02c..671e0231ce3d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: aeb834d95e771499cb0492d127aec3246d1595c8
+refs/heads/master: d6bd535d88429b4804d6d917ab4f586306f9a855
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index f2234db85da0..e61d4f8e62a5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1027,10 +1027,9 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
 		/* Don't trust ECDT, which comes from ASUSTek */
 		if (!EC_FLAGS_VALIDATE_ECDT)
 			goto install;
-		saved_ec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
+		saved_ec = kmemdup(boot_ec, sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!saved_ec)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		memcpy(saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(struct acpi_ec));
 	/* fall through */
 	}