diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index b0e17c025fdc2cb05aedcd02f16fe045ea65642a..99efc156a3090f0dfbf7a653abd07c1d11b6a8e1 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct devlink_resource {
 
 #define DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP 0
 
-#define DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE 32
+#define __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE 32
 enum devlink_param_type {
 	DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U8,
 	DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U16,
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ union devlink_param_value {
 	u8 vu8;
 	u16 vu16;
 	u32 vu32;
-	char vstr[DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE];
+	char vstr[__DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE];
 	bool vbool;
 };
 
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ int devlink_param_driverinit_value_get(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id,
 int devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id,
 				       union devlink_param_value init_val);
 void devlink_param_value_changed(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id);
+void devlink_param_value_str_fill(union devlink_param_value *dst_val,
+				  const char *src);
 struct devlink_region *devlink_region_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 					     const char *region_name,
 					     u32 region_max_snapshots,
@@ -789,6 +791,12 @@ devlink_param_value_changed(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void
+devlink_param_value_str_fill(union devlink_param_value *dst_val,
+			     const char *src)
+{
+}
+
 static inline struct devlink_region *
 devlink_region_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 		      const char *region_name,
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 1a0de16771977d094db7cb85cbb3d96d056f598d..6bc42933be4a5b01e00e35a7199cbe8ec735af22 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -3015,7 +3015,7 @@ devlink_param_value_get_from_info(const struct devlink_param *param,
 		len = strnlen(nla_data(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]),
 			      nla_len(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]));
 		if (len == nla_len(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]) ||
-		    len >= DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE)
+		    len >= __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		strcpy(value->vstr,
 		       nla_data(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]));
@@ -4617,6 +4617,23 @@ void devlink_param_value_changed(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_param_value_changed);
 
+/**
+ *	devlink_param_value_str_fill - Safely fill-up the string preventing
+ *				       from overflow of the preallocated buffer
+ *
+ *	@dst_val: destination devlink_param_value
+ *	@src: source buffer
+ */
+void devlink_param_value_str_fill(union devlink_param_value *dst_val,
+				  const char *src)
+{
+	size_t len;
+
+	len = strlcpy(dst_val->vstr, src, __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE);
+	WARN_ON(len >= __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_param_value_str_fill);
+
 /**
  *	devlink_region_create - create a new address region
  *