diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index 6db6b6ae5e9b1f66e733f7ff530784fa2237fd11..802e5ddef8a8c48aa48ad4ae2adafc35ff8b5f84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -716,12 +716,8 @@ static int
 be_do_flash(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_flash *efl)
 {
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	char file_name[ETHTOOL_FLASH_MAX_FILENAME];
 
-	file_name[ETHTOOL_FLASH_MAX_FILENAME - 1] = 0;
-	strcpy(file_name, efl->data);
-
-	return be_load_fw(adapter, file_name);
+	return be_load_fw(adapter, efl->data);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 369b418945276e58c04a6f90201b90f7398e5dd0..3f79db1b612a6f1042c3eb0e98e980c62e8d2c02 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,8 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_flash_device(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->flash_device)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	efl.data[ETHTOOL_FLASH_MAX_FILENAME - 1] = 0;
+
 	return dev->ethtool_ops->flash_device(dev, &efl);
 }