diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index b7d61eb8afe9..4a765555bf84 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ nfs4_reset_recoverydir(char *recdir)
 		return status;
 	status = -ENOTDIR;
 	if (d_is_dir(path.dentry)) {
-		strcpy(user_recovery_dirname, recdir);
+		strscpy(user_recovery_dirname, recdir,
+			sizeof(user_recovery_dirname));
 		status = 0;
 	}
 	path_put(&path);