diff --git a/net/sched/act_pedit.c b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
index fc945c7e4123..8c4e7fddddbf 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_pedit.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@ static int tcf_pedit_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	nparms->tcfp_flags = parm->flags;
 	nparms->tcfp_nkeys = parm->nkeys;
 
-	nparms->tcfp_keys = kmalloc(ksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	nparms->tcfp_keys = kmemdup(parm->keys, ksize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nparms->tcfp_keys) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto put_chain;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(nparms->tcfp_keys, parm->keys, ksize);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < nparms->tcfp_nkeys; ++i) {
 		u32 offmask = nparms->tcfp_keys[i].offmask;
 		u32 cur = nparms->tcfp_keys[i].off;