diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
index 51ddca2033e0..8fe9b12a07a4 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int chap_check_algorithm(const char *a_str)
 		if (!token)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (!strncmp(token, "5", 1)) {
+		if (!strcmp(token, "5")) {
 			pr_debug("Selected MD5 Algorithm\n");
 			kfree(orig);
 			return CHAP_DIGEST_MD5;