I just got a 4s. Can I restore the backup from my 3Gs to my new 4s?

Hi,
I just got an iPhone 4s. I would like to tranfer the data from my 3Gs running IOS 4.3.5 from a backup of my 3G to populate my 4s.
Can this be done or must I update my 3Gs to IOS 5 first?
Thanks.

Backup your 3GS with iTunes, then connect your 4S and when prompted elect to restore from this backup rather than set up as new. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109.

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