diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/discovery.c b/drivers/nvme/target/discovery.c
index a72425d8bce04801d455ab5524ac2d7a716e5d16..231e04e0a496b31d6b7a1a47bff369fe6f91cdeb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/discovery.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/discovery.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void nvmet_format_discovery_entry(struct nvmf_disc_rsp_page_hdr *hdr,
 	memcpy(e->trsvcid, port->disc_addr.trsvcid, NVMF_TRSVCID_SIZE);
 	memcpy(e->traddr, traddr, NVMF_TRADDR_SIZE);
 	memcpy(e->tsas.common, port->disc_addr.tsas.common, NVMF_TSAS_SIZE);
-	memcpy(e->subnqn, subsys_nqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
+	strncpy(e->subnqn, subsys_nqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
 }
 
 /*