diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index f149d3e61234..1e2648e4c286 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ static ssize_t backing_dev_store(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	char *file_name;
+	size_t sz;
 	struct file *backing_dev = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
@@ -341,7 +342,11 @@ static ssize_t backing_dev_store(struct device *dev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	strlcpy(file_name, buf, len);
+	strlcpy(file_name, buf, PATH_MAX);
+	/* ignore trailing newline */
+	sz = strlen(file_name);
+	if (sz > 0 && file_name[sz - 1] == '\n')
+		file_name[sz - 1] = 0x00;
 
 	backing_dev = filp_open(file_name, O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(backing_dev)) {