diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 4c50a87ed..15a7cda44 100755
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -185,8 +185,12 @@ int ipoib_vlan_add(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 
 	ppriv = ipoib_priv(pdev);
 
-	snprintf(intf_name, sizeof(intf_name), "%s.%04x",
-		 ppriv->dev->name, pkey);
+	/* If you increase IFNAMSIZ, update snprintf below
+	 * to allow longer names.
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IFNAMSIZ != 16);
+	snprintf(intf_name, sizeof(intf_name), "%.10s.%04x", ppriv->dev->name,
+		 pkey);
 
 	ndev = ipoib_intf_alloc(ppriv->ca, ppriv->port, intf_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(ndev)) {