diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 38b8ff87ec0a..cbc5af26303a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -4877,7 +4877,8 @@ struct scsi_qla_host *qla2x00_create_host(struct scsi_host_template *sht,
 	}
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&vha->scan.scan_work, qla_scan_work_fn);
 
-	sprintf(vha->host_str, "%s_%lu", QLA2XXX_DRIVER_NAME, vha->host_no);
+	snprintf(vha->host_str, sizeof(vha->host_str), "%s_%lu",
+		 QLA2XXX_DRIVER_NAME, vha->host_no);
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_init, vha, 0x0041,
 	    "Allocated the host=%p hw=%p vha=%p dev_name=%s",
 	    vha->host, vha->hw, vha,