struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
        void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
        int r;
+       struct kvm_lapic_state *lapic = NULL;
 
        switch (ioctl) {
        case KVM_GET_LAPIC: {
-               struct kvm_lapic_state lapic;
+               lapic = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_lapic_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-               memset(&lapic, 0, sizeof lapic);
-               r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_lapic(vcpu, &lapic);
+               r = -ENOMEM;
+               if (!lapic)
+                       goto out;
+               r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_lapic(vcpu, lapic);
                if (r)
                        goto out;
                r = -EFAULT;
-               if (copy_to_user(argp, &lapic, sizeof lapic))
+               if (copy_to_user(argp, lapic, sizeof(struct kvm_lapic_state)))
                        goto out;
                r = 0;
                break;
        }
        case KVM_SET_LAPIC: {
-               struct kvm_lapic_state lapic;
-
+               lapic = kmalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_lapic_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+               r = -ENOMEM;
+               if (!lapic)
+                       goto out;
                r = -EFAULT;
-               if (copy_from_user(&lapic, argp, sizeof lapic))
+               if (copy_from_user(lapic, argp, sizeof(struct kvm_lapic_state)))
                        goto out;
-               r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_lapic(vcpu, &lapic);;
+               r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_lapic(vcpu, lapic);
                if (r)
                        goto out;
                r = 0;
                r = -EINVAL;
        }
 out:
+       if (lapic)
+               kfree(lapic);
        return r;
 }