diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 78ffc2699993..a5c54af861f7 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void fill_item_path(struct config_item * item, char * buffer, int length)
 
 		/* back up enough to print this bus id with '/' */
 		length -= cur;
-		strncpy(buffer + length,config_item_name(p),cur);
+		memcpy(buffer + length, config_item_name(p), cur);
 		*(buffer + --length) = '/';
 	}
 }