diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index 6bf6a20ef7f3..7e7d01bef5d4 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ static int mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		/* Memory for the entry is allocated from the
 		 * sock option buffer.
 		 */
-		e = sock_kmalloc(sk, sizeof(*e), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		e = sock_kmemdup(sk, entry, sizeof(*entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!e) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto append_err;
 		}
 
-		*e = *entry;
 		if (!e->addr.id && needs_id)
 			e->addr.id = find_next_zero_bit(id_bitmap,
 							MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1,