diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
index 6858ad87dac1..d39b27cf8ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_dev_info_list_add_keyed);
 
 /**
  * scsi_dev_info_list_find - find a matching dev_info list entry.
- * @vendor:	vendor string
- * @model:	model (product) string
+ * @vendor:	full vendor string
+ * @model:	full model (product) string
  * @key:	specify list to use
  *
  * Description:
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static struct scsi_dev_info_list *scsi_dev_info_list_find(const char *vendor,
 	struct scsi_dev_info_list *devinfo;
 	struct scsi_dev_info_list_table *devinfo_table =
 		scsi_devinfo_lookup_by_key(key);
-	size_t vmax, mmax;
+	size_t vmax, mmax, mlen;
 	const char *vskip, *mskip;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(devinfo_table))
@@ -454,15 +454,18 @@ static struct scsi_dev_info_list *scsi_dev_info_list_find(const char *vendor,
 			    dev_info_list) {
 		if (devinfo->compatible) {
 			/*
-			 * Behave like the older version of get_device_flags.
+			 * vendor strings must be an exact match
 			 */
-			if (memcmp(devinfo->vendor, vskip, vmax) ||
-					(vmax < sizeof(devinfo->vendor) &&
-						devinfo->vendor[vmax]))
+			if (vmax != strlen(devinfo->vendor) ||
+			    memcmp(devinfo->vendor, vskip, vmax))
 				continue;
-			if (memcmp(devinfo->model, mskip, mmax) ||
-					(mmax < sizeof(devinfo->model) &&
-						devinfo->model[mmax]))
+
+			/*
+			 * @model specifies the full string, and
+			 * must be larger or equal to devinfo->model
+			 */
+			mlen = strlen(devinfo->model);
+			if (mmax < mlen || memcmp(devinfo->model, mskip, mlen))
 				continue;
 			return devinfo;
 		} else {