diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
index 653648216730..4dcf995cb1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 struct mlx5_irq {
 	struct atomic_notifier_head nh;
 	cpumask_var_t mask;
-	char name[MLX5_MAX_IRQ_NAME];
+	char name[MLX5_MAX_IRQ_FORMATTED_NAME];
 	struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool;
 	int refcount;
 	struct msi_map map;
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ struct mlx5_irq *mlx5_irq_alloc(struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool, int i,
 	else
 		irq_sf_set_name(pool, name, i);
 	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&irq->nh);
-	snprintf(irq->name, MLX5_MAX_IRQ_NAME,
-		 "%s@pci:%s", name, pci_name(dev->pdev));
+	snprintf(irq->name, MLX5_MAX_IRQ_FORMATTED_NAME,
+		 MLX5_IRQ_NAME_FORMAT_STR, name, pci_name(dev->pdev));
 	err = request_irq(irq->map.virq, irq_int_handler, 0, irq->name,
 			  &irq->nh);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.h
index d3a77a0ab848..c4d377f8df30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <linux/mlx5/driver.h>
 
 #define MLX5_MAX_IRQ_NAME (32)
+#define MLX5_IRQ_NAME_FORMAT_STR ("%s@pci:%s")
+#define MLX5_MAX_IRQ_FORMATTED_NAME \
+	(MLX5_MAX_IRQ_NAME + sizeof(MLX5_IRQ_NAME_FORMAT_STR))
 /* max irq_index is 2047, so four chars */
 #define MLX5_MAX_IRQ_IDX_CHARS (4)
 #define MLX5_EQ_REFS_PER_IRQ (2)