diff --git a/lib/krb5/aname_to_localname.c b/lib/krb5/aname_to_localname.c
index 6c853c661..30ec3e584 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/aname_to_localname.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/aname_to_localname.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ krb5_aname_to_localname (krb5_context context,
     len = strlen (res);
     if (len >= lnsize)
 	return ERANGE;
-    strcpy (lname, res);
+    strlcpy (lname, res, lnsize);
 
     return 0;
 }