diff --git a/include/trace/events/fib.h b/include/trace/events/fib.h
index 6f2a4dc35e37e..c2300c407f583 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fib.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fib.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib_table_lookup,
 		__array(	__u8,	gw6,	16	)
 		__field(	u16,	sport		)
 		__field(	u16,	dport		)
-		__dynamic_array(char,  name,   IFNAMSIZ )
+		__array(char,  name,   IFNAMSIZ )
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib_table_lookup,
 		}
 
 		dev = nhc ? nhc->nhc_dev : NULL;
-		__assign_str(name, dev ? dev->name : "-");
+		strlcpy(__entry->name, dev ? dev->name : "-", IFNAMSIZ);
 
 		if (nhc) {
 			if (nhc->nhc_gw_family == AF_INET) {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib_table_lookup,
 		  __entry->tb_id, __entry->oif, __entry->iif, __entry->proto,
 		  __entry->src, __entry->sport, __entry->dst, __entry->dport,
 		  __entry->tos, __entry->scope, __entry->flags,
-		  __get_str(name), __entry->gw4, __entry->gw6, __entry->err)
+		  __entry->name, __entry->gw4, __entry->gw6, __entry->err)
 );
 #endif /* _TRACE_FIB_H */
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fib6.h b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
index c6abdcc77c127..6e821eb794503 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fib6.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 		__field(        u16,	dport		)
 		__field(        u8,	proto		)
 		__field(        u8,	rt_type		)
-		__dynamic_array(	char,	name,	IFNAMSIZ )
+		__array(		char,	name,	IFNAMSIZ )
 		__array(		__u8,	gw,	16	 )
 	),
 
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 		}
 
 		if (res->nh && res->nh->fib_nh_dev) {
-			__assign_str(name, res->nh->fib_nh_dev);
+			strlcpy(__entry->name, res->nh->fib_nh_dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 		} else {
-			__assign_str(name, "-");
+			strcpy(__entry->name, "-");
 		}
 		if (res->f6i == net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry) {
 			struct in6_addr in6_zero = {};
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 		  __entry->tb_id, __entry->oif, __entry->iif, __entry->proto,
 		  __entry->src, __entry->sport, __entry->dst, __entry->dport,
 		  __entry->tos, __entry->scope, __entry->flags,
-		  __get_str(name), __entry->gw, __entry->err)
+		  __entry->name, __entry->gw, __entry->err)
 );
 
 #endif /* _TRACE_FIB6_H */