diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index dc2f4cf08fe9..5657b79dbc99 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -601,10 +601,15 @@ CIFSSMBNegotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	}
 
 	count = 0;
+	/*
+	 * We know that all the name entries in the protocols array
+	 * are short (< 16 bytes anyway) and are NUL terminated.
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < CIFS_NUM_PROT; i++) {
-		strncpy(pSMB->DialectsArray+count, protocols[i].name, 16);
-		count += strlen(protocols[i].name) + 1;
-		/* null at end of source and target buffers anyway */
+		size_t len = strlen(protocols[i].name) + 1;
+
+		memcpy(pSMB->DialectsArray+count, protocols[i].name, len);
+		count += len;
 	}
 	inc_rfc1001_len(pSMB, count);
 	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(count);