if (dev->input_audiofilename) {
                str_length = strlen(dev->input_audiofilename);
-               dev->_audiofilename = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_audiofilename = kmemdup(dev->input_audiofilename,
+                                             str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_audiofilename)
                        goto error;
 
-               memcpy(dev->_audiofilename, dev->input_audiofilename,
-                      str_length + 1);
-
                /* Default if filename is empty string */
                if (strcmp(dev->input_audiofilename, "") == 0)
                        dev->_audiofilename = "/root/audioGOOD.wav";
        } else {
                str_length = strlen(_defaultAudioName);
-               dev->_audiofilename = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_audiofilename = kmemdup(_defaultAudioName,
+                                             str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_audiofilename)
                        goto error;
-
-               memcpy(dev->_audiofilename, _defaultAudioName, str_length + 1);
        }
 
        retval = cx25821_sram_channel_setup_upstream_audio(dev, sram_ch,
 
 
        if (dev->input_filename_ch2) {
                str_length = strlen(dev->input_filename_ch2);
-               dev->_filename_ch2 = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_filename_ch2 = kmemdup(dev->input_filename_ch2,
+                                            str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_filename_ch2)
                        goto error;
-
-               memcpy(dev->_filename_ch2, dev->input_filename_ch2,
-                      str_length + 1);
        } else {
                str_length = strlen(dev->_defaultname_ch2);
-               dev->_filename_ch2 = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_filename_ch2 = kmemdup(dev->_defaultname_ch2,
+                                            str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_filename_ch2)
                        goto error;
-
-               memcpy(dev->_filename_ch2, dev->_defaultname_ch2,
-                      str_length + 1);
        }
 
        /* Default if filename is empty string */
 
 
        if (dev->input_filename) {
                str_length = strlen(dev->input_filename);
-               dev->_filename = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_filename = kmemdup(dev->input_filename, str_length + 1,
+                                        GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_filename)
                        goto error;
-
-               memcpy(dev->_filename, dev->input_filename, str_length + 1);
        } else {
                str_length = strlen(dev->_defaultname);
-               dev->_filename = kmalloc(str_length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               dev->_filename = kmemdup(dev->_defaultname, str_length + 1,
+                                        GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (!dev->_filename)
                        goto error;
-
-               memcpy(dev->_filename, dev->_defaultname, str_length + 1);
        }
 
        /* Default if filename is empty string */