diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index d06c74fb8c26..0dfb794c52d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -362,10 +362,8 @@ int is_module_address(unsigned long addr);
 
 /* Returns module and fills in value, defined and namebuf, or NULL if
    symnum out of range. */
-struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
-				  unsigned long *value,
-				  char *type,
-				  char namebuf[128]);
+struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value,
+				char *type, char *name, size_t namelen);
 
 /* Look for this name: can be of form module:name. */
 unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name);
@@ -535,8 +533,8 @@ static inline const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 
 static inline struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
 						unsigned long *value,
-						char *type,
-						char namebuf[128])
+						char *type, char *name,
+						size_t namelen)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 39277dd6bf90..ab16a5a4cfe9 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ static void upcase_if_global(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
 static int get_ksymbol_mod(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
 {
 	iter->owner = module_get_kallsym(iter->pos - kallsyms_num_syms,
-					 &iter->value,
-					 &iter->type, iter->name);
+					 &iter->value, &iter->type,
+					 iter->name, sizeof(iter->name));
 	if (iter->owner == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 35e1b1f859d7..2a19cd47c046 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2019,10 +2019,8 @@ const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
-				  unsigned long *value,
-				  char *type,
-				  char namebuf[128])
+struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value,
+				char *type, char *name, size_t namelen)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 
@@ -2031,9 +2029,8 @@ struct module *module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
 		if (symnum < mod->num_symtab) {
 			*value = mod->symtab[symnum].st_value;
 			*type = mod->symtab[symnum].st_info;
-			strncpy(namebuf,
-				mod->strtab + mod->symtab[symnum].st_name,
-				127);
+			strlcpy(name, mod->strtab + mod->symtab[symnum].st_name,
+				namelen);
 			mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 			return mod;
 		}