diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
index bda66e5a9d4e3..0347a190429cd 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static inline int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 extern int in_aton(char *str);
 extern size_t strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
 extern size_t strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
+extern size_t strscpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
 
 /* Copied from linux/compiler-gcc.h since we can't include it directly */
 #define barrier() __asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory")
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
index 53eb3d508645d..2284e9c1cbbbf 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 		}
 		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 		ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
-		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, pri->dev_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
+		strscpy(ifr.ifr_name, pri->dev_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
 		if (ioctl(pri->fd, TUNSETIFF, &ifr) < 0) {
 			err = -errno;
 			printk(UM_KERN_ERR "TUNSETIFF failed, errno = %d\n",