diff --git a/blobmsg.c b/blobmsg.c
index 48dba81..37821c3 100644
--- a/blobmsg.c
+++ b/blobmsg.c
@@ -240,7 +240,10 @@ blobmsg_new(struct blob_buf *buf, int type, const char *name, int payload_len, v
 	attr->id_len |= be32_to_cpu(BLOB_ATTR_EXTENDED);
 	hdr = blob_data(attr);
 	hdr->namelen = cpu_to_be16(namelen);
-	strcpy((char *) hdr->name, (const char *)name);
+
+	memcpy(hdr->name, name, namelen);
+	hdr->name[namelen] = '\0';
+
 	pad_end = *data = blobmsg_data(attr);
 	pad_start = (char *) &hdr->name[namelen];
 	if (pad_start < pad_end)