diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 02689298325b..9df8a1a2299c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -1274,14 +1274,12 @@ static void send_mad_capabilities(struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata)
 	if (hostdata->client_migrated)
 		hostdata->caps.flags |= cpu_to_be32(CLIENT_MIGRATED);
 
-	strncpy(hostdata->caps.name, dev_name(&hostdata->host->shost_gendev),
+	strlcpy(hostdata->caps.name, dev_name(&hostdata->host->shost_gendev),
 		sizeof(hostdata->caps.name));
-	hostdata->caps.name[sizeof(hostdata->caps.name) - 1] = '\0';
 
 	location = of_get_property(of_node, "ibm,loc-code", NULL);
 	location = location ? location : dev_name(hostdata->dev);
-	strncpy(hostdata->caps.loc, location, sizeof(hostdata->caps.loc));
-	hostdata->caps.loc[sizeof(hostdata->caps.loc) - 1] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(hostdata->caps.loc, location, sizeof(hostdata->caps.loc));
 
 	req->common.type = cpu_to_be32(VIOSRP_CAPABILITIES_TYPE);
 	req->buffer = cpu_to_be64(hostdata->caps_addr);