diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
index 7bd76e8b7..d83151df5 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
@@ -5151,7 +5151,8 @@ struct scsi_qla_host *qla2x00_create_host(const 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,