diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
index 029f0d09e966..c237a8f8eb59 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static int lynxfb_set_fbinfo(struct fb_info *info, int index)
 	fix->ywrapstep = crtc->ywrapstep;
 	fix->accel = FB_ACCEL_SMI;
 
-	strlcpy(fix->id, fixId[index], sizeof(fix->id));
+	strscpy(fix->id, fixId[index], sizeof(fix->id));
 
 	fix->smem_start = crtc->oScreen + sm750_dev->vidmem_start;
 	pr_info("fix->smem_start = %lx\n", fix->smem_start);