1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
index 65e1cf10494..207b7d74244 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/smsgiucv.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct iucv_handler smsg_handler = {
 static int smsg_path_pending(struct iucv_path *path, u8 ipvmid[8],
                              u8 ipuser[16])
 {
-        if (strncmp(ipvmid, "*MSG    ", sizeof(ipvmid)) != 0)
+        if (strncmp(ipvmid, "*MSG    ", 8) != 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
         /* Path pending from *MSG. */
         return iucv_path_accept(path, &smsg_handler, "SMSGIUCV        ", NULL);