1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 3ddaff42d1bb..a3bfd4064912 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static struct bclink *bclink = NULL;
 static struct link *bcl = NULL;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bc_lock);
 
-char tipc_bclink_name[] = "multicast-link";
+const char tipc_bclink_name[] = "multicast-link";
 
 
 static u32 buf_seqno(struct sk_buff *buf)
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ int tipc_bclink_init(void)
         tipc_link_set_queue_limits(bcl, BCLINK_WIN_DEFAULT);
         bcl->b_ptr = &bcbearer->bearer;
         bcl->state = WORKING_WORKING;
-        sprintf(bcl->name, tipc_bclink_name);
+        strlcpy(bcl->name, tipc_bclink_name, TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
 
         if (BCLINK_LOG_BUF_SIZE) {
                 char *pb = kmalloc(BCLINK_LOG_BUF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);