diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 7e7977ab994ff92ee4ded30ee728d92ed6c3a520..3448a3f9cc8c90ae71809075f1cc9c2d313fe167 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ static void __init setup_processor(void)
 	       cpu_name, read_cpuid_id(), read_cpuid_id() & 15,
 	       proc_arch[cpu_architecture()], cr_alignment);
 
-	sprintf(init_utsname()->machine, "%s%c", list->arch_name, ENDIANNESS);
-	sprintf(elf_platform, "%s%c", list->elf_name, ENDIANNESS);
+	snprintf(init_utsname()->machine, __NEW_UTS_LEN + 1, "%s%c",
+		 list->arch_name, ENDIANNESS);
+	snprintf(elf_platform, ELF_PLATFORM_SIZE, "%s%c",
+		 list->elf_name, ENDIANNESS);
 	elf_hwcap = list->elf_hwcap;
 #ifndef CONFIG_ARM_THUMB
 	elf_hwcap &= ~HWCAP_THUMB;