diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index 7c24a9acbc459..93df269a64707 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ static int sco_connect(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sock *sk)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int sco_send_frame(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len)
+static int sco_send_frame(struct sock *sk, void *buf, int len,
+			  unsigned int msg_flags)
 {
 	struct sco_conn *conn = sco_pi(sk)->conn;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -293,15 +294,11 @@ static int sco_send_frame(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len)
 
 	BT_DBG("sk %p len %d", sk, len);
 
-	skb = bt_skb_send_alloc(sk, len, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
+	skb = bt_skb_send_alloc(sk, len, msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;
 
-	if (memcpy_from_msg(skb_put(skb, len), msg, len)) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
+	memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), buf, len);
 	hci_send_sco(conn->hcon, skb);
 
 	return len;
@@ -726,6 +723,7 @@ static int sco_sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			    size_t len)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	void *buf;
 	int err;
 
 	BT_DBG("sock %p, sk %p", sock, sk);
@@ -737,14 +735,24 @@ static int sco_sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (memcpy_from_msg(buf, msg, len)) {
+		kfree(buf);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == BT_CONNECTED)
-		err = sco_send_frame(sk, msg, len);
+		err = sco_send_frame(sk, buf, len, msg->msg_flags);
 	else
 		err = -ENOTCONN;
 
 	release_sock(sk);
+	kfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }