diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/hfi.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/hfi.h
index 8ca171bf3e36c4d8a181a85837cfae9524bfb725..a35213e9b500d92f5294fb663d1c09f685d40154 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/hfi.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/hfi.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct hfi1_ctxtdata {
 	pid_t pid;
 	pid_t subpid[HFI1_MAX_SHARED_CTXTS];
 	/* same size as task_struct .comm[], command that opened context */
-	char comm[16];
+	char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 	/* so file ops can get at unit */
 	struct hfi1_devdata *dd;
 	/* so functions that need physical port can get it easily */