diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 44837ecd82f5c7214491ee284dd1c554a699084e..a54577af48848940d96a855c5c068a77efb4a292 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 #define I40E_MAX_USER_PRIORITY        8
 #define I40E_DEFAULT_MSG_ENABLE       4
 #define I40E_QUEUE_WAIT_RETRY_LIMIT   10
-#define I40E_INT_NAME_STR_LEN        (IFNAMSIZ + 9)
+#define I40E_INT_NAME_STR_LEN        (IFNAMSIZ + 16)
 
 /* Ethtool Private Flags */
 #define I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_NPAR_FLAG	BIT(0)