diff --git a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
index 66e0ac9811f9..fa6fe2fe0f32 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
@@ -349,12 +349,10 @@ static int cls_bpf_prog_from_ops(struct nlattr **tb, struct cls_bpf_prog *prog)
 	if (bpf_size != nla_len(tb[TCA_BPF_OPS]))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	bpf_ops = kzalloc(bpf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	bpf_ops = kmemdup(nla_data(tb[TCA_BPF_OPS]), bpf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (bpf_ops == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(bpf_ops, nla_data(tb[TCA_BPF_OPS]), bpf_size);
-
 	fprog_tmp.len = bpf_num_ops;
 	fprog_tmp.filter = bpf_ops;