diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 99c0c19fa5a6..7dc7cb53ce6f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type, struct thermal_trip *t
 	}
 
 	tz->id = id;
-	strlcpy(tz->type, type, sizeof(tz->type));
+	strscpy(tz->type, type, sizeof(tz->type));
 
 	result = dev_set_name(&tz->device, "thermal_zone%d", tz->id);
 	if (result)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
index 09e49ec8b6f4..f53f4ceb6a5d 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hwmon->tz_list);
-	strlcpy(hwmon->type, tz->type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
+	strscpy(hwmon->type, tz->type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
 	strreplace(hwmon->type, '-', '_');
 	hwmon->device = hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(&tz->device,
 							  hwmon->type, hwmon);