diff --git a/src/mainboard/prodrive/hermes/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/prodrive/hermes/mainboard.c
index 3173522a77..b0bf0dd986 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/prodrive/hermes/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/prodrive/hermes/mainboard.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void update_board_layout(void)
 			continue;
 		layout.cpu_count++;
 		if (!layout.cpu_name[0])
-			strcpy(layout.cpu_name, cpu->name);
+			strncpy(layout.cpu_name, cpu->name, sizeof(layout.cpu_name));
 	}
 
 	if (cpuid_get_max_func() >= 0x16)