diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_dpa_ops.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_dpa_ops.c
index 114799cddd85659899c092117cf95050e005f652..69bfe309376d36ea2eca26404a56be5b0660f171 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_dpa_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_dpa_ops.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static long dgrp_dpa_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		getnode.nd_rx_byte = nd->nd_rx_byte;
 
 		memset(&getnode.nd_ps_desc, 0, MAX_DESC_LEN);
-		strncpy(getnode.nd_ps_desc, nd->nd_ps_desc, MAX_DESC_LEN);
+		strlcpy(getnode.nd_ps_desc, nd->nd_ps_desc, MAX_DESC_LEN);
 
 		if (copy_to_user(uarg, &getnode, sizeof(struct digi_node)))
 			return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
index 6cf767269625c099534647971f9bfbef1b616db7..7a0d72d70accfe81f8707821f095becec05457dd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@ static void dgrp_receive(struct nd_struct *nd)
 						nd->nd_hw_ver = (b[8] << 8) | b[9];
 						nd->nd_sw_ver = (b[10] << 8) | b[11];
 						nd->nd_hw_id = b[6];
-						desclen = ((plen - 12) > MAX_DESC_LEN) ? MAX_DESC_LEN :
+						desclen = (plen - 12 > MAX_DESC_LEN - 1) ? MAX_DESC_LEN - 1 :
 							plen - 12;
 
 						if (desclen <= 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/drp.h b/drivers/staging/dgrp/drp.h
index 84a1e7be4899b64240231c08f7e21b120f44e114..4024b488eba9071284ce07ab24a7ae8cd88bb5c4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/drp.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/drp.h
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ struct nd_struct {
 	ushort	     nd_hw_ver;		  /* HW version returned from PS   */
 	ushort	     nd_sw_ver;		  /* SW version returned from PS   */
 	uint	     nd_hw_id;		  /* HW ID returned from PS	   */
-	u8	  nd_ps_desc[MAX_DESC_LEN+1];  /* Description from PS	*/
+	u8	  nd_ps_desc[MAX_DESC_LEN];  /* Description from PS	*/
 	uint	     nd_vpd_len;		/* VPD len, if any */
 	u8	     nd_vpd[VPDSIZE];		/* VPD, if any */