diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 568588cd16b2..b2cbb4e5d767 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned cmd, char __user *arg)
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case BLKTRACESETUP:
-		strcpy(b, bdevname(bdev, b));
+		bdevname(bdev, b);
 		ret = blk_trace_setup(q, b, bdev->bd_dev, arg);
 		break;
 	case BLKTRACESTART:
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index c70d0b6f666f..c23177e4623f 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int compat_blk_trace_setup(struct block_device *bdev, char __user *arg)
 	if (copy_from_user(&cbuts, arg, sizeof(cbuts)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	strcpy(b, bdevname(bdev, b));
+	bdevname(bdev, b);
 
 	buts = (struct blk_user_trace_setup) {
 		.act_mask = cbuts.act_mask,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index fbec2ef93797..b128bdc0f55c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2639,8 +2639,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_per_dev_proc(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct proc_dir_entry *proc;
 	char devname[64];
 
-	snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname) - 1, "%s",
-		bdevname(sb->s_bdev, devname));
+	bdevname(sb->s_bdev, devname);
 	sbi->s_mb_proc = proc_mkdir(devname, proc_root_ext4);
 
 	MB_PROC_HANDLER(EXT4_MB_STATS_NAME, stats);
@@ -2674,8 +2673,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_destroy_per_dev_proc(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (sbi->s_mb_proc == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname) - 1, "%s",
-		bdevname(sb->s_bdev, devname));
+	bdevname(sb->s_bdev, devname);
 	remove_proc_entry(EXT4_MB_GROUP_PREALLOC, sbi->s_mb_proc);
 	remove_proc_entry(EXT4_MB_STREAM_REQ, sbi->s_mb_proc);
 	remove_proc_entry(EXT4_MB_ORDER2_REQ, sbi->s_mb_proc);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 53632e3e8457..2e24567c4a79 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static void jbd2_stats_proc_init(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name) - 1, "%s", bdevname(journal->j_dev, name));
+	bdevname(journal->j_dev, name);
 	journal->j_proc_entry = proc_mkdir(name, proc_jbd2_stats);
 	if (journal->j_proc_entry) {
 		proc_create_data("history", S_IRUGO, journal->j_proc_entry,
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ static void jbd2_stats_proc_exit(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name) - 1, "%s", bdevname(journal->j_dev, name));
+	bdevname(journal->j_dev, name);
 	remove_proc_entry("info", journal->j_proc_entry);
 	remove_proc_entry("history", journal->j_proc_entry);
 	remove_proc_entry(name, proc_jbd2_stats);