diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index e61346faf6a5..8fb01c32aa3b 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ int update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, cha
 		if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
 			  console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
 				c = &console_cmdline[i];
-				memcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
+				strlcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
 				c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
 				c->options = options;
 				c->index = idx_new;