diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index f795b1dd0ccd..3ad9fab1985f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_link_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 
 	link_info.dest = nla_get_flag(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_DEST]);
 	link_info.up = htonl(nla_get_flag(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_UP]));
-	strcpy(link_info.str, nla_data(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]));
+	nla_strlcpy(link_info.str, nla_data(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]),
+		    TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
 
 	return tipc_add_tlv(msg->rep, TIPC_TLV_LINK_INFO,
 			    &link_info, sizeof(link_info));