diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fca407b4a6ea..84e1e86a4bce 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1253,8 +1253,9 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
 	if (!new_ifalias)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	dev->ifalias = new_ifalias;
+	memcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len);
+	dev->ifalias[len] = 0;
 
-	strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1);
 	return len;
 }