diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index b7292a2719dc..197283072cc8 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ int net_assign_generic(struct net *net, int id, void *data)
 	 */
 
 	ng->len = id;
-	memcpy(&ng->ptr, &old_ng->ptr, old_ng->len);
+	memcpy(&ng->ptr, &old_ng->ptr, old_ng->len * sizeof(void*));
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(net->gen, ng);
 	call_rcu(&old_ng->rcu, net_generic_release);