diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/s390/char/keyboard.c
index 24021fd..18d9a49 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/keyboard.c
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@
 		goto out_kbd;
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(key_maps); i++) {
 		if (key_maps[i]) {
-			kbd->key_maps[i] =
-				kmalloc(sizeof(u_short)*NR_KEYS, GFP_KERNEL);
+			kbd->key_maps[i] = kmemdup(key_maps[i],
+						   sizeof(u_short) * NR_KEYS,
+						   GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!kbd->key_maps[i])
 				goto out_maps;
-			memcpy(kbd->key_maps[i], key_maps[i],
-			       sizeof(u_short)*NR_KEYS);
 		}
 	}
 	kbd->func_table = kzalloc(sizeof(func_table), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -82,12 +81,11 @@
 		kzalloc(sizeof(fn_handler_fn *) * NR_FN_HANDLER, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kbd->fn_handler)
 		goto out_func;
-	kbd->accent_table =
-		kmalloc(sizeof(struct kbdiacruc)*MAX_DIACR, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kbd->accent_table = kmemdup(accent_table,
+				    sizeof(struct kbdiacruc) * MAX_DIACR,
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kbd->accent_table)
 		goto out_fn_handler;
-	memcpy(kbd->accent_table, accent_table,
-	       sizeof(struct kbdiacruc)*MAX_DIACR);
 	kbd->accent_table_size = accent_table_size;
 	return kbd;