diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
index 8233f5a4e623..84b3ff2687fb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
@@ -4276,11 +4276,11 @@ static void i40iw_qhash_ctrl(struct i40iw_device *iwdev,
 	/* if not found then add a child listener if interface is going up */
 	if (!ifup)
 		return;
-	child_listen_node = kzalloc(sizeof(*child_listen_node), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	child_listen_node = kmemdup(parent_listen_node,
+			sizeof(*child_listen_node), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!child_listen_node)
 		return;
 	node_allocated = true;
-	memcpy(child_listen_node, parent_listen_node, sizeof(*child_listen_node));
 
 	memcpy(child_listen_node->loc_addr, ipaddr,  ipv4 ? 4 : 16);