diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index fd7ce3573a00..1513e90fb6d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static int ext4_sample_last_mounted(struct super_block *sb,
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_journal;
-	strlcpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
+	strncpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
 		sizeof(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted));
 	ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
 out_journal: