diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 1ab012a27d9f..963016c8f3d1 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -1279,10 +1279,9 @@ static void init_local(void)
 		if (dlm_our_addr(&sas, i))
 			break;
 
-		addr = kmalloc(sizeof(*addr), GFP_NOFS);
+		addr = kmemdup(&sas, sizeof(*addr), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!addr)
 			break;
-		memcpy(addr, &sas, sizeof(*addr));
 		dlm_local_addr[dlm_local_count++] = addr;
 	}
 }