diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 7a67e23a2c2b017ea7ed08531983d7948d393454..d8e5241097a9a957b9e959fa7cd605d286212c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -1304,8 +1304,8 @@ static void mvpp2_ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev, u32 sset,
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mvpp2_ethtool_regs); i++)
-			memcpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
-			       &mvpp2_ethtool_regs[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
+			strscpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
+			        mvpp2_ethtool_regs[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
 	}
 }