diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
index 8bb46d8623ca..b6b29d717824 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
@@ -638,9 +638,11 @@ void ut_convert_backslashes(char *pathname);
 
 void acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name);
 
-#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION)
+#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION) || defined (ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
 u8 acpi_ut_safe_strcpy(char *dest, acpi_size dest_size, char *source);
 
+void acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(char *dest, char *source, acpi_size dest_size);
+
 u8 acpi_ut_safe_strcat(char *dest, acpi_size dest_size, char *source);
 
 u8
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
index 4d81ea291d93..cf9607945704 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ void acpi_db_open_debug_file(char *name)
 	}
 
 	acpi_os_printf("Debug output file %s opened\n", name);
-	strncpy(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename, name,
-		sizeof(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename));
+	acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename, name,
+			     sizeof(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename));
 	acpi_gbl_db_output_to_file = TRUE;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psutils.c
index e15b636b1d4b..8bd7d01039cc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psutils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psutils.c
@@ -94,9 +94,11 @@ void acpi_ps_init_op(union acpi_parse_object *op, u16 opcode)
 	op->common.descriptor_type = ACPI_DESC_TYPE_PARSER;
 	op->common.aml_opcode = opcode;
 
-	ACPI_DISASM_ONLY_MEMBERS(strncpy(op->common.aml_op_name,
-					 (acpi_ps_get_opcode_info(opcode))->
-					 name, sizeof(op->common.aml_op_name)));
+	ACPI_DISASM_ONLY_MEMBERS(acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(op->common.aml_op_name,
+						      (acpi_ps_get_opcode_info
+						       (opcode))->name,
+						      sizeof(op->common.
+							     aml_op_name)));
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
index 792664982ea3..33a0970646df 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int acpi_ut_stricmp(char *string1, char *string2)
 	return (c1 - c2);
 }
 
-#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION)
+#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION) || defined (ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_safe_strcpy, acpi_ut_safe_strcat, acpi_ut_safe_strncat
@@ -199,4 +199,13 @@ acpi_ut_safe_strncat(char *dest,
 	strncat(dest, source, max_transfer_length);
 	return (FALSE);
 }
+
+void acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(char *dest, char *source, acpi_size dest_size)
+{
+	/* Always terminate destination string */
+
+	strncpy(dest, source, dest_size);
+	dest[dest_size - 1] = 0;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uttrack.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uttrack.c
index 28a302eb2015..633b4e2c669f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uttrack.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uttrack.c
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ acpi_ut_track_allocation(struct acpi_debug_mem_block *allocation,
 	allocation->component = component;
 	allocation->line = line;
 
-	strncpy(allocation->module, module, ACPI_MAX_MODULE_NAME);
-	allocation->module[ACPI_MAX_MODULE_NAME - 1] = 0;
+	acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(allocation->module, (char *)module,
+			     ACPI_MAX_MODULE_NAME);
 
 	if (!element) {