diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 630ef1300674..387f854cb33d 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -19046,7 +19046,8 @@ static int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_set_ie(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 			/* AKM suite list, each OUI contains 4 bytes */
 			akmlist = (uint32_t *)(tmp);
 			if (akmsuiteCount <= MAX_NUM_AKM_SUITES) {
-				memcpy(akmsuite, akmlist, akmsuiteCount);
+				qdf_mem_copy(akmsuite, akmlist,
+					     sizeof(uint32_t) * akmsuiteCount);
 			} else {
 				hdd_err("Invalid akmSuite count: %u",
 					akmsuiteCount);