diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
index 4ce76852e6ee..6ac8a8330c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sptlrpc_flavor2name_bulk);
 
 char *sptlrpc_flavor2name(struct sptlrpc_flavor *sf, char *buf, int bufsize)
 {
-	snprintf(buf, bufsize, "%s", sptlrpc_flavor2name_base(sf->sf_rpc));
+	strlcpy(buf, sptlrpc_flavor2name_base(sf->sf_rpc), bufsize);
 
 	/*
 	 * currently we don't support customized bulk specification for
@@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ char *sptlrpc_flavor2name(struct sptlrpc_flavor *sf, char *buf, int bufsize)
 
 		bspec[0] = '-';
 		sptlrpc_flavor2name_bulk(sf, &bspec[1], sizeof(bspec) - 1);
-		strncat(buf, bspec, bufsize);
+		strlcat(buf, bspec, bufsize);
 	}
 
-	buf[bufsize - 1] = '\0';
 	return buf;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sptlrpc_flavor2name);