diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index dfb84b7ee5503ae38a955ba843ff7f17226d3161..cdcf313098be16b470200e959d13a4af7f9e2986 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static int __init i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Setup i2c_imx driver structure */
-	strcpy(i2c_imx->adapter.name, pdev->name);
+	strlcpy(i2c_imx->adapter.name, pdev->name, sizeof(i2c_imx->adapter.name));
 	i2c_imx->adapter.owner		= THIS_MODULE;
 	i2c_imx->adapter.algo		= &i2c_imx_algo;
 	i2c_imx->adapter.dev.parent	= &pdev->dev;