diff --git a/drivers/net/sandbox-raw.c b/drivers/net/sandbox-raw.c
index ce66ff7..99eb7a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sandbox-raw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sandbox-raw.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
 	ifname = dev_read_string(dev, "host-raw-interface");
 	if (ifname) {
-		strncpy(priv->host_ifname, ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
+		strlcpy(priv->host_ifname, ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
 		printf(": Using %s from DT\n", priv->host_ifname);
 	}
 	if (dev_read_u32(dev, "host-raw-interface-idx",