diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c b/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c
index 04d5a4a3181f..4dac8b79fcd4 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c
@@ -983,11 +983,11 @@ static int __init copy_keymap(void)
 	for (key = keymap; key->type != KE_END; key++)
 		length++;
 
-	new_keymap = kmalloc(length * sizeof(struct key_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_keymap = kmemdup(keymap, length * sizeof(struct key_entry),
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_keymap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(new_keymap, keymap, length * sizeof(struct key_entry));
 	keymap = new_keymap;
 
 	return 0;