diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
index 48c5d5512235..ba43b3067fa3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ int libcfs_debug_init(unsigned long bufsize)
 	}
 
 	if (libcfs_debug_file_path != NULL) {
-		memset(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr, 0, PATH_MAX);
 		strncpy(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr,
 			libcfs_debug_file_path, PATH_MAX-1);
+		libcfs_debug_file_path_arr[PATH_MAX - 1] = '\0';
 	}
 
 	/* If libcfs_debug_mb is set to an invalid value or uninitialized