diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index c02f1e63f82d..dbe82cf23ee4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *name,
 			  (S_IFLNK | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO | S_IXUGO),1);
 
 	if (ent) {
-		ent->data = kmalloc((ent->size=strlen(dest))+1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		ent->size = strlen(dest);
+		ent->data = kmemdup(dest, ent->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (ent->data) {
-			strcpy((char*)ent->data,dest);
 			ent->proc_iops = &proc_link_inode_operations;
 			ent = proc_register(parent, ent);
 		} else {