diff --git a/lib/parser.c b/lib/parser.c
index 618c36ec8efe35278226dd6d8e8b99ead40936f0..dd70e5e6c9e2fa7178b2b338cbd73671339b48d4 100644
--- a/lib/parser.c
+++ b/lib/parser.c
@@ -131,13 +131,10 @@ static int match_number(substring_t *s, int *result, int base)
 	char *buf;
 	int ret;
 	long val;
-	size_t len = s->to - s->from;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = match_strdup(s);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(buf, s->from, len);
-	buf[len] = '\0';
 
 	ret = 0;
 	val = simple_strtol(buf, &endp, base);