diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index b733a83e5294..f58c7f2b229c 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
 		int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
 		/* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
 		length -= cur;
-		strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
+		memcpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
 		*(path + --length) = '/';
 	}