diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 86ba16ef6f..3a6dcea209 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2008-09-12  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
+	* corefile.c (write_memory): Remove unnecessary copying.
+
 	* sol-thread.c (_initialize_sol_thread): Add FIXME regarding
 	order of _initialize_* fns.
 
diff --git a/gdb/corefile.c b/gdb/corefile.c
index 726d9fcc5f..2be4e260f5 100644
--- a/gdb/corefile.c
+++ b/gdb/corefile.c
@@ -350,10 +350,7 @@ void
 write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const bfd_byte *myaddr, int len)
 {
   int status;
-  gdb_byte *bytes = alloca (len);
-  
-  memcpy (bytes, myaddr, len);
-  status = target_write_memory (memaddr, bytes, len);
+  status = target_write_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
   if (status != 0)
     memory_error (status, memaddr);
 }