diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index 11df4aca89ba..a1f10c0a6255 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ numeric_name_to_id(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type, const char *name, u32 namel
 	/* Just to make sure it's null-terminated: */
 	memcpy(buf, name, namelen);
 	buf[namelen] = '\0';
-	ret = kstrtouint(name, 10, id);
+	ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, id);
 	return ret == 0;
 }