diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
index 4fa90013290f..8561d5a040cb 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
@@ -2216,12 +2216,11 @@ struct i3c_dma *i3c_master_dma_map_single(struct device *dev, void *buf,
 
 	if (force_bounce) {
 		dma_xfer->map_len = ALIGN(len, cache_line_size());
-		if (dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
-			bounce = kzalloc(dma_xfer->map_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		else
-			bounce = kmemdup(buf, dma_xfer->map_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		bounce = kzalloc(dma_xfer->map_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bounce)
 			return NULL;
+		if (dir != DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
+			memcpy(bounce, buf, len);
 		dma_buf = bounce;
 	}