diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index 88df15e6dd74..54dd7281191d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -6021,11 +6021,11 @@ static void niu_set_irq_name(struct niu *np)
 	int port = np->port;
 	int i, j = 1;
 
-	sprintf(np->irq_name[0], "%s:MAC", np->dev->name);
+	snprintf(np->irq_name[0], sizeof(np->irq_name[0]), "%s:MAC", np->dev->name);
 
 	if (port == 0) {
-		sprintf(np->irq_name[1], "%s:MIF", np->dev->name);
-		sprintf(np->irq_name[2], "%s:SYSERR", np->dev->name);
+		snprintf(np->irq_name[1], sizeof(np->irq_name[1]), "%s:MIF", np->dev->name);
+		snprintf(np->irq_name[2], sizeof(np->irq_name[2]), "%s:SYSERR", np->dev->name);
 		j = 3;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.h
index d8368043fc3b..676d31499ac3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.h
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ struct niu {
 #define NIU_FLAGS_XMAC			0x00010000 /* 0=BMAC 1=XMAC */
 
 	u32				msg_enable;
-	char                            irq_name[NIU_NUM_RXCHAN+NIU_NUM_TXCHAN+3][IFNAMSIZ + 6];
+	char                            irq_name[NIU_NUM_RXCHAN + NIU_NUM_TXCHAN + 3][IFNAMSIZ + 7];
 
 	/* Protects hw programming, and ring state.  */
 	spinlock_t			lock;