atomic_set(&nr_neigh->refcount, 1);
 
                if (ax25_digi != NULL && ax25_digi->ndigi > 0) {
-                       if ((nr_neigh->digipeat = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax25_digi), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+                       nr_neigh->digipeat = kmemdup(ax25_digi,
+                                                    sizeof(*ax25_digi),
+                                                    GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (nr_neigh->digipeat == NULL) {
                                kfree(nr_neigh);
                                if (nr_node)
                                        nr_node_put(nr_node);
                                return -ENOMEM;
                        }
-                       memcpy(nr_neigh->digipeat, ax25_digi,
-                                       sizeof(*ax25_digi));
                }
 
                spin_lock_bh(&nr_neigh_list_lock);
        atomic_set(&nr_neigh->refcount, 1);
 
        if (ax25_digi != NULL && ax25_digi->ndigi > 0) {
-               if ((nr_neigh->digipeat = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax25_digi), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+               nr_neigh->digipeat = kmemdup(ax25_digi, sizeof(*ax25_digi),
+                                            GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (nr_neigh->digipeat == NULL) {
                        kfree(nr_neigh);
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
-               memcpy(nr_neigh->digipeat, ax25_digi, sizeof(*ax25_digi));
        }
 
        spin_lock_bh(&nr_neigh_list_lock);