diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 1cd3d26e3217..349b27f0dda0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static int ext4_sample_last_mounted(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_journal;
 	lock_buffer(sbi->s_sbh);
-	strlcpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
+	strncpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
 		sizeof(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted));
 	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	unlock_buffer(sbi->s_sbh);