diff --git a/drivers/acpi/event.c b/drivers/acpi/event.c
index 5a127f3f2d5c..47f21599f2ab 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/event.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/event.c
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char *device_class,
 	event = nla_data(attr);
 	memset(event, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_genl_event));
 
-	strcpy(event->device_class, device_class);
-	strcpy(event->bus_id, bus_id);
+	strscpy(event->device_class, device_class, sizeof(event->device_class));
+	strscpy(event->bus_id, bus_id, sizeof(event->bus_id));
 	event->type = type;
 	event->data = data;