diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
index 428a9be25010..76374b220228 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,7 @@ static void prism2sta_inf_hostscanresults(wlandevice_t *wlandev,
 
 	kfree(hw->scanresults);
 
-	hw->scanresults = kmalloc(sizeof(hfa384x_InfFrame_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	memcpy(hw->scanresults, inf, sizeof(hfa384x_InfFrame_t));
+	hw->scanresults = kmemdup(inf, sizeof(hfa384x_InfFrame_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (nbss == 0)
 		nbss = -1;