diff --git a/sound/oss/sound_timer.c b/sound/oss/sound_timer.c
index 48cda6c4c257..8021c85f076d 100644
--- a/sound/oss/sound_timer.c
+++ b/sound/oss/sound_timer.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void  sound_timer_init(struct sound_lowlev_timer *t, char *name)
 	n = sound_alloc_timerdev();
 	if (n == -1)
 		n = 0;		/* Overwrite the system timer */
-	strcpy(sound_timer.info.name, name);
+	strlcpy(sound_timer.info.name, name, sizeof(sound_timer.info.name));
 	sound_timer_devs[n] = &sound_timer;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sound_timer_init);