diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
index bbdfc7aab677..47e3025d616c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int mon_mgmt_tx(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	if (!mgmt_tx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mgmt_tx->buff = kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	mgmt_tx->buff = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!mgmt_tx->buff) {
 		kfree(mgmt_tx);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int mon_mgmt_tx(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 
 	mgmt_tx->size = len;
 
-	memcpy(mgmt_tx->buff, buf, len);
 	wilc_wlan_txq_add_mgmt_pkt(dev, mgmt_tx, mgmt_tx->buff, mgmt_tx->size,
 				   mgmt_tx_complete);