diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.c
index 995a26b65156bd18bfd3180847e0c8c9d15499d9..7875883621f4eb165b50178a316dc46dd0383739 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ struct usnic_fwd_dev *usnic_fwd_dev_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	ufdev->pdev = pdev;
 	ufdev->netdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	spin_lock_init(&ufdev->lock);
-	strncpy(ufdev->name, netdev_name(ufdev->netdev),
-			sizeof(ufdev->name) - 1);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(ufdev->name) != sizeof(ufdev->netdev->name));
+	strcpy(ufdev->name, ufdev->netdev->name);
 
 	return ufdev;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.h
index 0b2cc4e7970750d4e9fbfcbad6a26a307d3a1c0e..f0b71d593da54b753e702505fab36fef0c4ac7a5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_fwd.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct usnic_fwd_dev {
 	char				mac[ETH_ALEN];
 	unsigned int			mtu;
 	__be32				inaddr;
-	char				name[IFNAMSIZ+1];
+	char				name[IFNAMSIZ];
 };
 
 struct usnic_fwd_flow {