diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 7f48ba6c1c77a0..5871ca845b0e3d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ struct name_cache_entry {
 	u64 parent_gen;
 	int ret;
 	int need_later_update;
+	/* Name length without NUL terminator. */
 	int name_len;
-	char name[] __counted_by(name_len);
+	/* Not NUL terminated. */
+	char name[] __counted_by(name_len) __nonstring;
 };
 
 /* See the comment at lru_cache.h about struct btrfs_lru_cache_entry. */
@@ -2388,7 +2390,7 @@ static int __get_cur_name_and_parent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	/*
 	 * Store the result of the lookup in the name cache.
 	 */
-	nce = kmalloc(sizeof(*nce) + fs_path_len(dest) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	nce = kmalloc(sizeof(*nce) + fs_path_len(dest), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nce) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -2400,7 +2402,7 @@ static int __get_cur_name_and_parent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	nce->parent_gen = *parent_gen;
 	nce->name_len = fs_path_len(dest);
 	nce->ret = ret;
-	strcpy(nce->name, dest->start);
+	memcpy(nce->name, dest->start, nce->name_len);
 
 	if (ino < sctx->send_progress)
 		nce->need_later_update = 0;