diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/outp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/outp.c
index 5d3190c05250..6daeb7f0b09b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/outp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/outp.c
@@ -452,13 +452,12 @@ nvif_outp_edid_get(struct nvif_outp *outp, u8 **pedid)
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
-	*pedid = kmalloc(args->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	*pedid = kmemdup(args->data, args->size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!*pedid) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(*pedid, args->data, args->size);
 	ret = args->size;
 done:
 	kfree(args);