kctl.id.iface = ncontrol->iface;
        kctl.id.device = ncontrol->device;
        kctl.id.subdevice = ncontrol->subdevice;
-       if (ncontrol->name)
+       if (ncontrol->name) {
                strlcpy(kctl.id.name, ncontrol->name, sizeof(kctl.id.name));
+               if (strcmp(ncontrol->name, kctl.id.name) != 0)
+                       snd_printk(KERN_WARNING
+                                  "Control name '%s' truncated to '%s'\n",
+                                  ncontrol->name, kctl.id.name);
+       }
        kctl.id.index = ncontrol->index;
        kctl.count = ncontrol->count ? ncontrol->count : 1;
        access = ncontrol->access == 0 ? SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_READWRITE :