diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 59cde06aa7f6..5add4145d9fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ static void lan78xx_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net,
 {
 	struct lan78xx_net *dev = netdev_priv(net);
 
-	strncpy(info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
+	strscpy(info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
 	usb_make_path(dev->udev, info->bus_info, sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }