diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
index f2cece542c3f..76439678919c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ msm_fence_context_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, volatile uint32_t *fenceptr,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	fctx->dev = dev;
-	strncpy(fctx->name, name, sizeof(fctx->name));
+	strscpy(fctx->name, name, sizeof(fctx->name));
 	fctx->context = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);
 	fctx->fenceptr = fenceptr;
 	spin_lock_init(&fctx->spinlock);