diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_main.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_main.c
index f28f15baea96..35d617d0792d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_main.c
@@ -3171,7 +3171,8 @@ void wl_process_mailbox( struct wl_private *lp )
 
 					memset( ssid, 0, sizeof( ssid ));
 					strncpy( ssid, &probe_rsp->rawData[2],
-							 probe_rsp->rawData[1] );
+						 min(probe_rsp->rawData[1],
+							HCF_MAX_NAME_LEN - 1));
 
 					DBG_TRACE( DbgInfo, "(%s) SSID        : %s\n",
 							   lp->dev->name, ssid );