diff --git a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
index 31762f76cdb5..deca20fb2ce2 100644
--- a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
+++ b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
@@ -1707,11 +1707,7 @@ static int kcm_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		struct kcm_clone info;
 		struct socket *newsock = NULL;
 
-		if (copy_from_user(&info, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(info)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
 		err = kcm_clone(sock, &info, &newsock);
-
 		if (!err) {
 			if (copy_to_user((void __user *)arg, &info,
 					 sizeof(info))) {