diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
index 65e1cf1049435f0f8a924b15fa9da81eab896605..207b7d7424435ccefd62700a07cd424a0e732c40 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct iucv_handler smsg_handler = {
 static int smsg_path_pending(struct iucv_path *path, u8 ipvmid[8],
 			     u8 ipuser[16])
 {
-	if (strncmp(ipvmid, "*MSG    ", sizeof(ipvmid)) != 0)
+	if (strncmp(ipvmid, "*MSG    ", 8) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* Path pending from *MSG. */
 	return iucv_path_accept(path, &smsg_handler, "SMSGIUCV        ", NULL);