diff --git a/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/altera.c b/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/altera.c
index 24272e022bec..bca2630d006f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/altera.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/altera.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int altera_execute(struct altera_state *astate,
 
 				name = &p[str_table + name_id];
 
-				if (strnicmp(aconf->action, name, strlen(name)) == 0) {
+				if (strncasecmp(aconf->action, name, strlen(name)) == 0) {
 					action_found = 1;
 					current_proc =
 						get_unaligned_be32(&p[action_table +
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static int altera_get_note(u8 *p, s32 program_size,
 			key_ptr = &p[note_strings +
 					get_unaligned_be32(
 					&p[note_table + (8 * i)])];
-			if ((strnicmp(key, key_ptr, strlen(key_ptr)) == 0) &&
+			if ((strncasecmp(key, key_ptr, strlen(key_ptr)) == 0) &&
 						(key != NULL)) {
 				status = 0;