diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 0cd44ef19005..87fda65852fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -71,13 +71,17 @@ static void mlx5e_rep_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
+	int count;
 
 	strscpy(drvinfo->driver, mlx5e_rep_driver_name,
 		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
-		 "%d.%d.%04d (%.16s)",
-		 fw_rev_maj(mdev), fw_rev_min(mdev),
-		 fw_rev_sub(mdev), mdev->board_id);
+	count = snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
+			 "%d.%d.%04d (%.16s)", fw_rev_maj(mdev),
+			 fw_rev_min(mdev), fw_rev_sub(mdev), mdev->board_id);
+	if (count == sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version))
+		snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
+			 "%d.%d.%04d", fw_rev_maj(mdev),
+			 fw_rev_min(mdev), fw_rev_sub(mdev));
 }
 
 static const struct counter_desc sw_rep_stats_desc[] = {