diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
index db6de74082ad..7e075621bbf4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
@@ -183,10 +183,9 @@ concat_writev(struct mtd_info *mtd, const struct kvec *vecs,
 	}
 
 	/* make a copy of vecs */
-	vecs_copy = kmalloc(sizeof(struct kvec) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vecs_copy = kmemdup(vecs, sizeof(struct kvec) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vecs_copy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(vecs_copy, vecs, sizeof(struct kvec) * count);
 
 	entry_low = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < concat->num_subdev; i++) {