diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index eac9ce2c57a2ede6d56bda9985e0d06470babd76..16bbf062018fa79af48db2339db8ad1c094b3e85 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3902,14 +3902,13 @@ static bool module_exists(const char *module)
 {
 	/* All modules have the symbol __this_module */
 	const char this_mod[] = "__this_module";
-	const int modname_size = MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN + sizeof(this_mod) + 1;
-	char modname[modname_size + 1];
+	char modname[MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN + sizeof(this_mod) + 2];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int n;
 
-	n = snprintf(modname, modname_size + 1, "%s:%s", module, this_mod);
+	n = snprintf(modname, sizeof(modname), "%s:%s", module, this_mod);
 
-	if (n > modname_size)
+	if (n > sizeof(modname) - 1)
 		return false;
 
 	val = module_kallsyms_lookup_name(modname);