diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 3fc325399ee4..dcd0132396ba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_unregister_transport);
 int xprt_load_transport(const char *transport_name)
 {
 	struct xprt_class *t;
-	char module_name[sizeof t->name + 5];
 	int result;
 
 	result = 0;
@@ -178,9 +177,7 @@ int xprt_load_transport(const char *transport_name)
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&xprt_list_lock);
-	strcpy(module_name, "xprt");
-	strncat(module_name, transport_name, sizeof t->name);
-	result = request_module(module_name);
+	result = request_module("xprt%s", transport_name);
 out:
 	return result;
 }