diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index bd1d1164fec5a49feb20cab71cbfbba51233ed9e..7cdb6ee569cd7ca592bedfea458f0b676ec937af 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -3967,13 +3967,9 @@ static int con_font_set(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
 	font.charcount = op->charcount;
 	font.height = op->height;
 	font.width = op->width;
-	font.data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!font.data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (copy_from_user(font.data, op->data, size)) {
-		kfree(font.data);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	font.data = memdup_user(op->data, size);
+	if (IS_ERR(font.data))
+		return PTR_ERR(font.data);
 	acquire_console_sem();
 	if (vc->vc_sw->con_font_set)
 		rc = vc->vc_sw->con_font_set(vc, &font, op->flags);