diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/id.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/id.c
index 43f5944850e6..cf2bfb447ee2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/id.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/id.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_BUS
 #include <linux/sys_soc.h>
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ static void __init omap3_cpuinfo(void)
 		cpu_name = "OMAP3503";
 	}
 
-	scnprintf(soc_name, sizeof(soc_name), "%s", cpu_name);
+	strscpy(soc_name, cpu_name);
 
 	/* Print verbose information */
 	n += scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - n, "%s %s (", soc_name, soc_rev);