diff --git a/media/libeffects/preprocessing/PreProcessing.cpp b/media/libeffects/preprocessing/PreProcessing.cpp
index cfa7f51..5709837 100755
--- a/media/libeffects/preprocessing/PreProcessing.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/preprocessing/PreProcessing.cpp
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    memcpy(pDescriptor, sDescriptors[effect->procId], sizeof(effect_descriptor_t));
+    *pDescriptor = *sDescriptors[effect->procId];
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@
     if (index >= PREPROC_NUM_EFFECTS) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
-    memcpy(pDescriptor, sDescriptors[index], sizeof(effect_descriptor_t));
+    *pDescriptor = *sDescriptors[index];
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@
 
     ALOGV("PreProcessingLib_GetDescriptor() got fx %s", desc->name);
 
-    memcpy(pDescriptor, desc, sizeof(effect_descriptor_t));
+    *pDescriptor = *desc;
     return 0;
 }