static umode_t p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
                               struct p9_wstat *stat, dev_t *rdev)
 {
-       int res;
+       int res, r;
        u32 mode = stat->mode;
 
        *rdev = 0;
                res |= S_IFIFO;
        else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                 && (v9ses->nodev == 0)) {
-               char type = 0, ext[32];
+               char type = 0;
                int major = -1, minor = -1;
 
-               strlcpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
-               sscanf(ext, "%c %i %i", &type, &major, &minor);
+               r = sscanf(stat->extension, "%c %i %i", &type, &major, &minor);
+               if (r != 3) {
+                       p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+                                "invalid device string, umode will be bogus: %s\n",
+                                stat->extension);
+                       return res;
+               }
                switch (type) {
                case 'c':
                        res |= S_IFCHR;