diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c b/drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c
index 541ca543f71f4efe7e29e7c22bce114c2b18fc3d..dc1f64f904cd177a19059ac049bdcf879bea251f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int rain_cec_adap_transmit(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 attempts,
 			 cec_msg_destination(msg), msg->msg[1]);
 		for (i = 2; i < msg->len; i++) {
 			snprintf(hex, sizeof(hex), "%02x", msg->msg[i]);
-			strncat(cmd, hex, sizeof(cmd));
+			strlcat(cmd, hex, sizeof(cmd));
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&rain->write_lock);