if (pcidev->msix_enabled) {
                for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
-                       phba->msi_name[i] = kzalloc(BEISCSI_MSI_NAME,
-                                                   GFP_KERNEL);
+                       phba->msi_name[i] = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
+                                                     "beiscsi_%02x_%02x",
+                                                     phba->shost->host_no, i);
                        if (!phba->msi_name[i]) {
                                ret = -ENOMEM;
                                goto free_msix_irqs;
                        }
 
-                       sprintf(phba->msi_name[i], "beiscsi_%02x_%02x",
-                               phba->shost->host_no, i);
                        ret = request_irq(pci_irq_vector(pcidev, i),
                                          be_isr_msix, 0, phba->msi_name[i],
                                          &phwi_context->be_eq[i]);
                                goto free_msix_irqs;
                        }
                }
-               phba->msi_name[i] = kzalloc(BEISCSI_MSI_NAME, GFP_KERNEL);
+               phba->msi_name[i] = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "beiscsi_mcc_%02x",
+                                             phba->shost->host_no);
                if (!phba->msi_name[i]) {
                        ret = -ENOMEM;
                        goto free_msix_irqs;
                }
-               sprintf(phba->msi_name[i], "beiscsi_mcc_%02x",
-                       phba->shost->host_no);
                ret = request_irq(pci_irq_vector(pcidev, i), be_isr_mcc, 0,
                                  phba->msi_name[i], &phwi_context->be_eq[i]);
                if (ret) {
 
 #define PAGES_REQUIRED(x) \
        ((x < PAGE_SIZE) ? 1 :  ((x + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE))
 
-#define BEISCSI_MSI_NAME 20 /* size of msi_name string */
-
 #define MEM_DESCR_OFFSET 8
 #define BEISCSI_DEFQ_HDR 1
 #define BEISCSI_DEFQ_DATA 0