diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 9773d6c0477a65d0ec62cc982df31fbe401ed998..b0c591bb761af42e5732e06d6d6c6d9789ccdd23 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -472,8 +473,7 @@ i8k_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *fp, struct dell_smm_data *data, unsigned int cmd
 		if (restricted && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 
-		memset(buff, 0, sizeof(buff));
-		strscpy(buff, data->bios_machineid, sizeof(buff));
+		strscpy_pad(buff, data->bios_machineid, sizeof(buff));
 		break;
 
 	case I8K_FN_STATUS: