diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 52a216f21ae5..e5afc3884d74 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ ips_setup(char *ips_str)
 		 * Update the variables
 		 */
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(options); i++) {
-			if (strnicmp
+			if (strncasecmp
 			    (key, options[i].option_name,
 			     strlen(options[i].option_name)) == 0) {
 				if (value)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
index 2b6d447ad6d6..238e06f13b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ static ssize_t opts_store(struct device_driver *ddp, const char *buf,
 	char work[20];
 
         if (1 == sscanf(buf, "%10s", work)) {
-		if (0 == strnicmp(work,"0x", 2)) {
+		if (0 == strncasecmp(work,"0x", 2)) {
 			if (1 == sscanf(&work[2], "%x", &opts))
 				goto opts_done;
 		} else {