diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index b062b1f234b6..496ca2d2bfdb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ jit_open(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, const char *name)
 	/*
 	 * keep dirname for generating files and mmap records
 	 */
-	strcpy(jd->dir, name);
+	strncpy(jd->dir, name, PATH_MAX);
+	jd->dir[PATH_MAX - 1] = '\0';
 	dirname(jd->dir);
 	free(buf);