diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 911951526c..61e563f6f0 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -20837,8 +20837,7 @@ static void hdd_fill_pmksa_info(tPmkidCacheInfo *pmk_cache,
 		qdf_mem_copy(pmk_cache->BSSID.bytes,
 			     pmksa->bssid, QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
 	} else {
-		qdf_mem_copy(pmk_cache->ssid, pmksa->ssid,
-			     SIR_MAC_MAX_SSID_LENGTH);
+		qdf_mem_copy(pmk_cache->ssid, pmksa->ssid, pmksa->ssid_len);
 		qdf_mem_copy(pmk_cache->cache_id, pmksa->cache_id,
 			     CACHE_ID_LEN);
 		pmk_cache->ssid_len = pmksa->ssid_len;