diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1c75be1d08be..5dd87ebf7709 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 04236066e00ab20c6745569268d67a980bd06abd
+refs/heads/master: 731a9b2a024714a3fa070b014744d02b9a96b3b6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
index a0cb265e5816..3678e532874f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
@@ -613,16 +613,14 @@ static void if_usb_receive_fwload(struct urb *urb)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	syncfwheader = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fwsyncheader), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	syncfwheader = kmemdup(skb->data + IPFIELD_ALIGN_OFFSET,
+			       sizeof(struct fwsyncheader), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!syncfwheader) {
 		lbs_deb_usbd(&cardp->udev->dev, "Failure to allocate syncfwheader\n");
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(syncfwheader, skb->data + IPFIELD_ALIGN_OFFSET,
-	       sizeof(struct fwsyncheader));
-
 	if (!syncfwheader->cmd) {
 		lbs_deb_usb2(&cardp->udev->dev, "FW received Blk with correct CRC\n");
 		lbs_deb_usb2(&cardp->udev->dev, "FW received Blk seqnum = %d\n",