diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 65fd2fc1ae3c..8a60cc786220 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ static void nvme_init_subnqn(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 
 	nqnlen = strnlen(id->subnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
 	if (nqnlen > 0 && nqnlen < NVMF_NQN_SIZE) {
-		strcpy(ctrl->subnqn, id->subnqn);
+		strncpy(ctrl->subnqn, id->subnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
 		return;
 	}