diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
index f5b424a5be04..89f59fcf5342 100755
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
@@ -483,8 +483,12 @@ int kgsl_drawobj_sync_add_sync(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	struct kgsl_drawobj_sync *syncobj,
 	struct kgsl_cmd_syncpoint *sync)
 {
+	union {
+		struct kgsl_cmd_syncpoint_timestamp sync_timestamp;
+		struct kgsl_cmd_syncpoint_fence sync_fence;
+	} data;
 	void *priv;
-	int ret, psize;
+	int psize;
 	struct kgsl_drawobj *drawobj = DRAWOBJ(syncobj);
 	int (*func)(struct kgsl_device *device,
 			struct kgsl_drawobj_sync *syncobj,
@@ -494,10 +498,12 @@ int kgsl_drawobj_sync_add_sync(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	case KGSL_CMD_SYNCPOINT_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
 		psize = sizeof(struct kgsl_cmd_syncpoint_timestamp);
 		func = drawobj_add_sync_timestamp;
+		priv = &data.sync_timestamp;
 		break;
 	case KGSL_CMD_SYNCPOINT_TYPE_FENCE:
 		psize = sizeof(struct kgsl_cmd_syncpoint_fence);
 		func = drawobj_add_sync_fence;
+		priv = &data.sync_fence;
 		break;
 	default:
 		KGSL_DRV_ERR(device,
@@ -513,19 +519,10 @@ int kgsl_drawobj_sync_add_sync(struct kgsl_device *device,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	priv = kzalloc(sync->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(priv, sync->priv, sync->size)) {
-		kfree(priv);
+	if (copy_from_user(priv, sync->priv, sync->size))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	}
 
-	ret = func(device, syncobj, priv);
-	kfree(priv);
-
-	return ret;
+	return func(device, syncobj, priv);
 }
 
 static void add_profiling_buffer(struct kgsl_device *device,