hdr     = (struct iscsi_reject *) cmd->pdu;
        hdr->reason = reason;
 
-       cmd->buf_ptr = kzalloc(ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+       cmd->buf_ptr = kmemdup(buf, ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!cmd->buf_ptr) {
                pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for cmd->buf_ptr\n");
                iscsit_release_cmd(cmd);
                return -1;
        }
-       memcpy(cmd->buf_ptr, buf, ISCSI_HDR_LEN);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
        list_add_tail(&cmd->i_list, &conn->conn_cmd_list);
        hdr     = (struct iscsi_reject *) cmd->pdu;
        hdr->reason = reason;
 
-       cmd->buf_ptr = kzalloc(ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+       cmd->buf_ptr = kmemdup(buf, ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!cmd->buf_ptr) {
                pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for cmd->buf_ptr\n");
                iscsit_release_cmd(cmd);
                return -1;
        }
-       memcpy(cmd->buf_ptr, buf, ISCSI_HDR_LEN);
 
        if (add_to_conn) {
                spin_lock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
 
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       login->req = kzalloc(ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+       login->req = kmemdup(login_pdu, ISCSI_HDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!login->req) {
                pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for Login Request.\n");
                iscsit_tx_login_rsp(conn, ISCSI_STATUS_CLS_TARGET_ERR,
                                ISCSI_LOGIN_STATUS_NO_RESOURCES);
                goto out;
        }
-       memcpy(login->req, login_pdu, ISCSI_HDR_LEN);
 
        login->req_buf = kzalloc(MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!login->req_buf) {