diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/vf610/generic.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/vf610/generic.c
index 08b9ef42a19012982a44f9572198931da3681aa6..50eb0c6b97c0262dbe1d3a34430f4fb78fd7ec79 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/vf610/generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/vf610/generic.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int arch_misc_init(void)
 {
 	char soc[6];
 
-	strcat(soc, "vf");
+	strcpy(soc, "vf");
 	strcat(soc, soc_type);
 	setenv("soc", soc);