diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index bb92a257eb20..a11cd131c984 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -989,11 +989,8 @@ rewind:
 					if (ei->hint_femp.eidx ==
 							EXFAT_HINT_NONE ||
 						candi_empty.eidx <=
-							 ei->hint_femp.eidx) {
-						memcpy(&ei->hint_femp,
-							&candi_empty,
-							sizeof(candi_empty));
-					}
+							 ei->hint_femp.eidx)
+						ei->hint_femp = candi_empty;
 				}
 
 				brelse(bh);
diff --git a/inode.c b/inode.c
index 25bfe274b9c9..e4050c997f21 100644
--- a/inode.c
+++ b/inode.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static int exfat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_dir_entry *info)
 	struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
 	loff_t size = info->size;
 
-	memcpy(&ei->dir, &info->dir, sizeof(struct exfat_chain));
+	ei->dir = info->dir;
 	ei->entry = info->entry;
 	ei->attr = info->attr;
 	ei->start_clu = info->start_clu;
diff --git a/namei.c b/namei.c
index 89e4ce826d49..5570303e3a35 100644
--- a/namei.c
+++ b/namei.c
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ static int exfat_find_empty_entry(struct inode *inode,
 	hint_femp.eidx = EXFAT_HINT_NONE;
 
 	if (ei->hint_femp.eidx != EXFAT_HINT_NONE) {
-		memcpy(&hint_femp, &ei->hint_femp,
-				sizeof(struct exfat_hint_femp));
+		hint_femp = ei->hint_femp;
 		ei->hint_femp.eidx = EXFAT_HINT_NONE;
 	}
 
@@ -546,7 +545,7 @@ static int exfat_add_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *path,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	memcpy(&info->dir, p_dir, sizeof(struct exfat_chain));
+	info->dir = *p_dir;
 	info->entry = dentry;
 	info->flags = ALLOC_NO_FAT_CHAIN;
 	info->type = type;
@@ -678,7 +677,7 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 	if (dentry < 0)
 		return dentry; /* -error value */
 
-	memcpy(&info->dir, &cdir.dir, sizeof(struct exfat_chain));
+	info->dir = cdir;
 	info->entry = dentry;
 	info->num_subdirs = 0;
 
@@ -1137,7 +1136,7 @@ static int exfat_rename_file(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 		if (!epnew)
 			return -EIO;
 
-		memcpy(epnew, epold, DENTRY_SIZE);
+		*epnew = *epold;
 		if (exfat_get_entry_type(epnew) == TYPE_FILE) {
 			epnew->dentry.file.attr |= cpu_to_le16(ATTR_ARCHIVE);
 			ei->attr |= ATTR_ARCHIVE;
@@ -1157,7 +1156,7 @@ static int exfat_rename_file(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 
-		memcpy(epnew, epold, DENTRY_SIZE);
+		*epnew = *epold;
 		exfat_update_bh(new_bh, sync);
 		brelse(old_bh);
 		brelse(new_bh);
@@ -1225,7 +1224,7 @@ static int exfat_move_file(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_olddir,
 	if (!epnew)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	memcpy(epnew, epmov, DENTRY_SIZE);
+	*epnew = *epmov;
 	if (exfat_get_entry_type(epnew) == TYPE_FILE) {
 		epnew->dentry.file.attr |= cpu_to_le16(ATTR_ARCHIVE);
 		ei->attr |= ATTR_ARCHIVE;
@@ -1245,7 +1244,7 @@ static int exfat_move_file(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_olddir,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(epnew, epmov, DENTRY_SIZE);
+	*epnew = *epmov;
 	exfat_update_bh(new_bh, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
 	brelse(mov_bh);
 	brelse(new_bh);