diff --git a/src/security/security_dac.c b/src/security/security_dac.c
index deff024c40966156ec78a802417a2fba6d1a4615..93a03017b1c219876ce6ae00d19dfadaf173911a 100644
--- a/src/security/security_dac.c
+++ b/src/security/security_dac.c
@@ -995,7 +995,8 @@ virSecurityDACGetProcessLabel(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
         return -1;
 
     if (secdef->label)
-        strcpy(seclabel->label, secdef->label);
+        ignore_value(virStrcpy(seclabel->label, secdef->label,
+                               VIR_SECURITY_LABEL_BUFLEN));
 
     return 0;
 }