diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
index f25cfed33927..1a7708f365f3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
@@ -536,12 +536,10 @@ int amdgpu_bo_set_metadata (struct amdgpu_bo *bo, void *metadata,
 	if (metadata == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	buffer = kzalloc(metadata_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kmemdup(metadata, metadata_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buffer == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(buffer, metadata, metadata_size);
-
 	kfree(bo->metadata);
 	bo->metadata_flags = flags;
 	bo->metadata = buffer;