static int iwl_pnvm_get_from_fs(struct iwl_trans *trans, u8 **data, size_t *len)
 {
        const struct firmware *pnvm;
-       char pnvm_name[64];
+       char pnvm_name[MAX_PNVM_NAME];
        int ret;
 
-       /*
-        * The prefix unfortunately includes a hyphen at the end, so
-        * don't add the dot here...
-        */
-       snprintf(pnvm_name, sizeof(pnvm_name), "%spnvm",
-                trans->cfg->fw_name_pre);
-
-       /* ...but replace the hyphen with the dot here. */
-       if (strlen(trans->cfg->fw_name_pre) < sizeof(pnvm_name))
-               pnvm_name[strlen(trans->cfg->fw_name_pre) - 1] = '.';
+       iwl_pnvm_get_fs_name(trans, pnvm_name, sizeof(pnvm_name));
 
        ret = firmware_request_nowarn(&pnvm, pnvm_name, trans->dev);
        if (ret) {
 
 
 #define MVM_UCODE_PNVM_TIMEOUT (HZ / 4)
 
+#define MAX_PNVM_NAME  64
+
 int iwl_pnvm_load(struct iwl_trans *trans,
                  struct iwl_notif_wait_data *notif_wait);
 
+static inline
+void iwl_pnvm_get_fs_name(struct iwl_trans *trans,
+                         u8 *pnvm_name, size_t max_len)
+{
+       int pre_len;
+
+       /*
+        * The prefix unfortunately includes a hyphen at the end, so
+        * don't add the dot here...
+        */
+       snprintf(pnvm_name, max_len, "%spnvm", trans->cfg->fw_name_pre);
+
+       /* ...but replace the hyphen with the dot here. */
+       pre_len = strlen(trans->cfg->fw_name_pre);
+       if (pre_len < max_len && pre_len > 0)
+               pnvm_name[pre_len - 1] = '.';
+}
+
 #endif /* __IWL_PNVM_H__ */