--- a/papi/src/libpfm4/lib/pfmlib_mips.c

+++ b/papi/src/libpfm4/lib/pfmlib_mips.c

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pfm_mips_detect(void *this)

 	if (strstr(buffer,"MIPS") == NULL)

 	  return PFM_ERR_NOTSUPP;

-	strncpy(pfm_mips_cfg.model,buffer,strlen(buffer));

+	strlcpy(pfm_mips_cfg.model,buffer,sizeof(pfm_mips_cfg.model));

 /*	ret = pfmlib_getcpuinfo_attr("CPU implementer", buffer, sizeof(buffer));

 	if (ret == -1)