diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index b5ec96abd048..0acdff9e6842 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -1105,8 +1105,7 @@ static struct nvmet_subsys *nvmet_find_get_subsys(struct nvmet_port *port,
 	if (!port)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!strncmp(NVME_DISC_SUBSYS_NAME, subsysnqn,
-			NVMF_NQN_SIZE)) {
+	if (!strcmp(NVME_DISC_SUBSYS_NAME, subsysnqn)) {
 		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&nvmet_disc_subsys->ref))
 			return NULL;
 		return nvmet_disc_subsys;