diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3ea564ceb5f0..15623ad84d9d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 45848e0fc1fce399651b3f480bdeb82cc6d3d15a
+refs/heads/master: e72ed6b509a62605fe9aca195c6037abdda6c1ac
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 75d336ab01bc..b74a9230edc9 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ static struct property *dlpar_parse_cc_property(struct cc_workarea *ccwa)
 
 	prop->length = ccwa->prop_length;
 	value = (char *)ccwa + ccwa->prop_offset;
-	prop->value = kzalloc(prop->length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	prop->value = kmemdup(value, prop->length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!prop->value) {
 		dlpar_free_cc_property(prop);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(prop->value, value, prop->length);
 	return prop;
 }