diff --git a/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c b/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
index 9741fdbcdffb74da7013ca215ea3b5bfd9b2b014..20ad67402ef0a613028632c3c5c03166bb9c30b7 100644
--- a/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
+++ b/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ struct llog_commit_master *llog_recov_thread_init(char *name)
         snprintf(lcm->lcm_name, sizeof(lcm->lcm_name), 
                  "ll_log_commit_%s", name);
 
-        strncpy(lcm->lcm_name, name, sizeof(lcm->lcm_name));
         atomic_set(&lcm->lcm_count, 0);
         spin_lock_init(&lcm->lcm_lock);
         CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lcm->lcm_llcds);