diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ff7a895fe1c6..66c6b69548fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a37629024975714f1e2fa9851b7f77cd1bad0790
+refs/heads/master: 77ecb6fe6dce7a726b374665fe1b74cc5cac30fd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/driver.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/driver.c
index 1e4ce50069a9..71c2a572b5cc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/driver.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/driver.c
@@ -307,14 +307,13 @@ int line6_version_request_async(struct usb_line6 *line6)
 	char *buffer;
 	int retval;
 
-	buffer = kmalloc(sizeof(line6_request_version), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	buffer = kmemdup(line6_request_version,
+			sizeof(line6_request_version), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (buffer == NULL) {
 		dev_err(line6->ifcdev, "Out of memory");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(buffer, line6_request_version, sizeof(line6_request_version));
-
 	retval = line6_send_raw_message_async(line6, buffer,
 					      sizeof(line6_request_version));
 	kfree(buffer);