diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 59212d3d9587702647c3db8a83c7052c88b4bc2f..df5b74f289e192e053cd0191dde687513a882737 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -1310,8 +1310,8 @@ static void mvpp2_ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev, u32 sset,
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mvpp2_ethtool_regs); i++)
-			memcpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
-			       &mvpp2_ethtool_regs[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
+			strscpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
+			        mvpp2_ethtool_regs[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
 	}
 }