diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 523b31685c4cbadf8741233ac38a8b62ff6e744b..c18d55f8b951e394cb83e4c55797bb3c1d019818 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -242,13 +242,31 @@ static int __init prom_strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static char __init *prom_strcpy(char *dest, const char *src)
+static ssize_t __init prom_strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n)
 {
-	char *tmp = dest;
+	ssize_t rc;
+	size_t i;
 
-	while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0')
-		/* nothing */;
-	return tmp;
+	if (n == 0 || n > INT_MAX)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
+	// Copy up to n bytes
+	for (i = 0; i < n && src[i] != '\0'; i++)
+		dest[i] = src[i];
+
+	rc = i;
+
+	// If we copied all n then we have run out of space for the nul
+	if (rc == n) {
+		// Rewind by one character to ensure nul termination
+		i--;
+		rc = -E2BIG;
+	}
+
+	for (; i < n; i++)
+		dest[i] = '\0';
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int __init prom_strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count)
@@ -2701,7 +2719,7 @@ static void __init flatten_device_tree(void)
 
 	/* Add "phandle" in there, we'll need it */
 	namep = make_room(&mem_start, &mem_end, 16, 1);
-	prom_strcpy(namep, "phandle");
+	prom_strscpy_pad(namep, "phandle", sizeof("phandle"));
 	mem_start = (unsigned long)namep + prom_strlen(namep) + 1;
 
 	/* Build string array */