diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
index e02025bbe36d..680e63066cf3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int xsk_get_max_queues(struct xsk_socket *xsk)
 		return -errno;
 
 	ifr.ifr_data = (void *)&channels;
-	strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, xsk->ifname, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
+	memcpy(ifr.ifr_name, xsk->ifname, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 	ifr.ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = '\0';
 	err = ioctl(fd, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr);
 	if (err && errno != EOPNOTSUPP) {
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int xsk_socket__create(struct xsk_socket **xsk_ptr, const char *ifname,
 		err = -errno;
 		goto out_socket;
 	}
-	strncpy(xsk->ifname, ifname, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
+	memcpy(xsk->ifname, ifname, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 	xsk->ifname[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = '\0';
 
 	err = xsk_set_xdp_socket_config(&xsk->config, usr_config);