diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/super.c b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
index d2f6df69f611..1fb8f4df60cb 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/super.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int vboxsf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	}
 	folder_name->size = size;
 	folder_name->length = size - 1;
-	strlcpy(folder_name->string.utf8, fc->source, size);
+	strscpy(folder_name->string.utf8, fc->source, size);
 	err = vboxsf_map_folder(folder_name, &sbi->root);
 	kfree(folder_name);
 	if (err) {