diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index 568b2171f335..e64e3a7aa2f1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -1994,9 +1994,7 @@ out:
 int vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl(int cmd, struct kbsentry __user *user_kdgkb, int perm)
 {
 	struct kbsentry *kbs;
-	char *p;
 	u_char *q;
-	u_char __user *up;
 	int sz, fnw_sz;
 	int delta;
 	char *first_free, *fj, *fnw;
@@ -2022,23 +2020,15 @@ int vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl(int cmd, struct kbsentry __user *user_kdgkb, int perm)
 	i = kbs->kb_func;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case KDGKBSENT:
-		sz = sizeof(kbs->kb_string) - 1; /* sz should have been
-						  a struct member */
-		up = user_kdgkb->kb_string;
-		p = func_table[i];
-		if(p)
-			for ( ; *p && sz; p++, sz--)
-				if (put_user(*p, up++)) {
-					ret = -EFAULT;
-					goto reterr;
-				}
-		if (put_user('\0', up)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto reterr;
-		}
-		kfree(kbs);
-		return ((p && *p) ? -EOVERFLOW : 0);
+	case KDGKBSENT: {
+		/* size should have been a struct member */
+		unsigned char *from = func_table[i] ? : "";
+
+		ret = copy_to_user(user_kdgkb->kb_string, from,
+				strlen(from) + 1) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+
+		goto reterr;
+	}
 	case KDSKBSENT:
 		if (!perm) {
 			ret = -EPERM;