diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index 674475123593..23fd393c8193 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ to protect the cache and all the objects within it. Here's the code::
             obj = __cache_find(id);
             if (obj) {
                     ret = 0;
-                    strcpy(name, obj->name);
+                    strscpy(name, obj->name);
             }
             mutex_unlock(&cache_lock);
             return ret;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ which are taken away, and the ``+`` are lines which are added.
              obj = __cache_find(id);
              if (obj) {
                      ret = 0;
-                     strcpy(name, obj->name);
+                     strscpy(name, obj->name);
              }
     -        mutex_unlock(&cache_lock);
     +        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cache_lock, flags);
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ Here is the code::
              obj = __cache_find(id);
     -        if (obj) {
     -                ret = 0;
-    -                strcpy(name, obj->name);
+    -                strscpy(name, obj->name);
     -        }
     +        if (obj)
     +                __object_get(obj);