diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index 88e92041d8f0..fdefa8fd72c4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int __init fb_console_setup(char *this_opt)
 
 	while ((options = strsep(&this_opt, ",")) != NULL) {
 		if (!strncmp(options, "font:", 5))
-			strcpy(fontname, options + 5);
+			strlcpy(fontname, options + 5, sizeof(fontname));
 		
 		if (!strncmp(options, "scrollback:", 11)) {
 			options += 11;