diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfname.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfname.c
index ce8789771176..2d10df2ef660 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfname.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfname.c
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ acpi_get_name(acpi_handle handle, u32 name_type, struct acpi_buffer * buffer)
 
 	/* Just copy the ACPI name from the Node and zero terminate it */
 
-	ACPI_STRNCPY(buffer->pointer, acpi_ut_get_node_name(node),
-		     ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+	ACPI_MOVE_NAME(buffer->pointer, acpi_ut_get_node_name(node));
 	((char *)buffer->pointer)[ACPI_NAME_SIZE] = 0;
 	status = AE_OK;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
index 57deae166577..77d1db29a725 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ acpi_tb_find_table(char *signature,
 	/* Normalize the input strings */
 
 	ACPI_MEMSET(&header, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_table_header));
-	ACPI_STRNCPY(header.signature, signature, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+	ACPI_MOVE_NAME(header.signature, signature);
 	ACPI_STRNCPY(header.oem_id, oem_id, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
 	ACPI_STRNCPY(header.oem_table_id, oem_table_id, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);