diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
index 167a94c02d05..136f86a1627d 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ static ssize_t device_name_store(struct device *dev,
 		trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
 	}
 
-	strncpy(trigger_data->device_name, buf, size);
+	memcpy(trigger_data->device_name, buf, size);
+	trigger_data->device_name[size] = 0;
 	if (size > 0 && trigger_data->device_name[size - 1] == '\n')
 		trigger_data->device_name[size - 1] = 0;