diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index ce7a90e68042..8155f59ece38 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -1686,6 +1686,7 @@ static int rio_mport_add_riodev(struct mport_cdev_priv *priv,
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&dev_info, arg, sizeof(dev_info)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	dev_info.name[sizeof(dev_info.name) - 1] = '\0';
 
 	rmcd_debug(RDEV, "name:%s ct:0x%x did:0x%x hc:0x%x", dev_info.name,
 		   dev_info.comptag, dev_info.destid, dev_info.hopcount);
@@ -1817,6 +1818,7 @@ static int rio_mport_del_riodev(struct mport_cdev_priv *priv, void __user *arg)
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&dev_info, arg, sizeof(dev_info)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	dev_info.name[sizeof(dev_info.name) - 1] = '\0';
 
 	mport = priv->md->mport;