diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index c1a26021f8d790513efa3d64741c0ec5ad420222..d08fe2346683d3a86a1b294745333bd12f7fc5a5 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ struct target_elf_prpsinfo {
     target_gid_t pr_gid;
     target_pid_t pr_pid, pr_ppid, pr_pgrp, pr_sid;
     /* Lots missing */
-    char    pr_fname[16];           /* filename of executable */
+    char    pr_fname[16] QEMU_NONSTRING; /* filename of executable */
     char    pr_psargs[ELF_PRARGSZ]; /* initial part of arg list */
 };