diff --git a/fs/lockd/host.c b/fs/lockd/host.c
index f802223e71ab..cdc8e12cdac4 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/host.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/host.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static struct nlm_host *nlm_alloc_host(struct nlm_lookup_host_info *ni,
 	host->h_addrbuf    = nsm->sm_addrbuf;
 	host->net	   = ni->net;
 	host->h_cred	   = get_cred(ni->cred);
-	strlcpy(host->nodename, utsname()->nodename, sizeof(host->nodename));
+	strscpy(host->nodename, utsname()->nodename, sizeof(host->nodename));
 
 out:
 	return host;