diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index e9802d42aa1b..d6b6021a4250 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ static int rtw_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	strlcpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
+	strscpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
 
 	if (pext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_SET_TX_KEY)
 		param->u.crypt.set_tx = 1;