diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 102ad873acb434ae82ddc5924c50cfa705f6eb61..04d4e377258409dbd2b554a139215c6a8c4d8b51 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5745,7 +5745,7 @@ static void nft_chain_commit_update(struct nft_trans *trans)
 	struct nft_base_chain *basechain;
 
 	if (nft_trans_chain_name(trans))
-		strcpy(trans->ctx.chain->name, nft_trans_chain_name(trans));
+		swap(trans->ctx.chain->name, nft_trans_chain_name(trans));
 
 	if (!nft_is_base_chain(trans->ctx.chain))
 		return;