diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
index 4b3bb52b5108..b381b3718a98 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
@@ -635,15 +635,14 @@ static int aac_send_raw_srb(struct aac_dev* dev, void __user * arg)
 			}
 		} else {
 			struct user_sgmap* usg;
-			usg = kmalloc(actual_fibsize - sizeof(struct aac_srb)
-			  + sizeof(struct sgmap), GFP_KERNEL);
+			usg = kmemdup(upsg,
+				      actual_fibsize - sizeof(struct aac_srb)
+				      + sizeof(struct sgmap), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!usg) {
 				dprintk((KERN_DEBUG"aacraid: Allocation error in Raw SRB command\n"));
 				rcode = -ENOMEM;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
-			memcpy (usg, upsg, actual_fibsize - sizeof(struct aac_srb)
-			  + sizeof(struct sgmap));
 			actual_fibsize = actual_fibsize64;
 
 			for (i = 0; i < usg->count; i++) {