diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index 6d592cbc38e4..969f48742d72 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int synth_field_string_size(char *type)
 	if (len == 0)
 		return 0; /* variable-length string */
 
-	strncpy(buf, start, len);
+	memcpy(buf, start, len);
 	buf[len] = '\0';
 
 	err = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &size);