diff --git a/src/libsocketcan.c b/src/libsocketcan.c
index fedcbdc..841c2ed 100644
--- a/src/libsocketcan.c
+++ b/src/libsocketcan.c
@@ -379,9 +379,8 @@ static int do_get_nl_link(int fd, __u8 acquire, const char *name, void *res)
 				nl_msg->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
 			parse_rtattr(tb, IFLA_MAX, IFLA_RTA(ifi), len);
 
-			if (strncmp
-			    ((char *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_IFNAME]), name,
-			     sizeof(name)) != 0)
+			if (strcmp
+			    ((char *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_IFNAME]), name) != 0)
 				continue;
 
 			if (tb[IFLA_LINKINFO])