1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index dcfbe99ff81c..b88515936e4b 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ p9_virtio_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *devname, char *args)
 
         mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
         list_for_each_entry(chan, &virtio_chan_list, chan_list) {
-                if (!strncmp(devname, chan->tag, chan->tag_len)) {
+                if (!strncmp(devname, chan->tag, chan->tag_len) &&
+                    strlen(devname) == chan->tag_len) {
                         if (!chan->inuse) {
                                 chan->inuse = true;
                                 found = 1;