diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index d626756ff721..1e27cd33f7f2 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && !(befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK)){
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		inode->i_blocks = befs_sb->block_size / VFS_BLOCK_SIZE;
-		strncpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
-			BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN - 1);
-		befs_ino->i_data.symlink[BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+		strlcpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
+			BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN);
 	} else {
 		int num_blks;