diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
index d06458a4858e4a..ab33bb5e2e7afa 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ void lkdtm_FORTIFIED_SUBOBJECT(void)
 	strscpy(src, "over ten bytes", size);
 	size = strlen(src) + 1;
 
-	pr_info("trying to strcpy past the end of a member of a struct\n");
+	pr_info("trying to strncpy past the end of a member of a struct\n");
 
 	/*
-	 * memcpy(target.a, src, 20); will hit a compile error because the
+	 * strncpy(target.a, src, 20); will hit a compile error because the
 	 * compiler knows at build time that target.a < 20 bytes. Use a
 	 * volatile to force a runtime error.
 	 */
-	memcpy(target.a, src, size);
+	strncpy(target.a, src, size);
 
 	/* Store result to global to prevent the code from being eliminated */
 	fortify_scratch_space = target.a[3];