diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
index ff0802ace19b..3a7952be6545 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ void acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(char *dest, char *source, acpi_size dest_size)
 {
 	/* Always terminate destination string */
 
-	strncpy(dest, source, dest_size);
-	dest[dest_size - 1] = 0;
+	strscpy_pad(dest, source, dest_size);
 }
 
 #endif