diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/bootinfo_proc.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/bootinfo_proc.c
index 7ee853e1432b..2a33a9645ad8 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/bootinfo_proc.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/bootinfo_proc.c
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ static int __init init_bootinfo_procfs(void)
 	if (!bootinfo_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	bootinfo_copy = kmalloc(bootinfo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	bootinfo_copy = kmemdup(bootinfo_tmp, bootinfo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bootinfo_copy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(bootinfo_copy, bootinfo_tmp, bootinfo_size);
-
 	pde = proc_create_data("bootinfo", 0400, NULL, &bootinfo_fops, NULL);
 	if (!pde) {
 		kfree(bootinfo_copy);