diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 8cb3d73e957db..aa318136460ef 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct nvmf_host *nvmf_host_add(const char *hostnqn)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	kref_init(&host->ref);
-	memcpy(host->nqn, hostnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
+	strlcpy(host->nqn, hostnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
 
 	list_add_tail(&host->list, &nvmf_hosts);
 out_unlock: