diff --git a/include/trace/events/task.h b/include/trace/events/task.h
index dee3bb1d5a6b..2cca6cd342d8 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/task.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/task.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(task_rename,
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->pid = task->pid;
 		memcpy(entry->oldcomm, task->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
-		memcpy(entry->newcomm, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+		strlcpy(entry->newcomm, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 		__entry->oom_score_adj = task->signal->oom_score_adj;
 	),