diff --git a/include/trace/events/rpcgss.h b/include/trace/events/rpcgss.h
index ba2d96a1bc2f9..f50fcafc69de2 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rpcgss.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rpcgss.h
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rpcgss_context,
 		__field(unsigned int, timeout)
 		__field(u32, window_size)
 		__field(int, len)
-		__string(acceptor, data)
+		__string_len(acceptor, data, len)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rpcgss_context,
 		__entry->timeout = timeout;
 		__entry->window_size = window_size;
 		__entry->len = len;
-		strncpy(__get_str(acceptor), data, len);
+		__assign_str(acceptor, data);
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("win_size=%u expiry=%lu now=%lu timeout=%u acceptor=%.*s",