diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index a31d278a5f..7f6e4e0b87 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ static int read_cpuinfo(const char *field, char *value, int len)
             break;
         }
         if (!strncmp(line, field, field_len)) {
-            strncpy(value, line, len);
+            pstrcpy(value, len, line);
             ret = 0;
             break;
         }