diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
index 0f45310300f667bab84655d301d64eb8196ae128..49be85afbea9369563336994462651505155ce0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
@@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ static void kszphy_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(kszphy_hw_stats); i++) {
-		memcpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
-		       kszphy_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
+		strlcpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
+			kszphy_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
 	}
 }