diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 07881b76d42f99070c146c4e28972d94f61856af..277468783feeecbe8199da3d4ab7df924ff3e2e6 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(p + strlen(p) + 1 != name + PATH_MAX);
 
-	strlcpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
+	strscpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
 	if (len > p - name) {
 		__putname(name);
 		return NULL;