diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 2a4a387f867a..763343fbd5a1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
@@ -1133,7 +1134,7 @@ int cgroup1_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	if (ctx->release_agent) {
 		spin_lock(&release_agent_path_lock);
-		strcpy(root->release_agent_path, ctx->release_agent);
+		strscpy(root->release_agent_path, ctx->release_agent);
 		spin_unlock(&release_agent_path_lock);
 	}