diff --git a/vis.c b/vis.c
index f1bc7f37e..fe466902c 100644
--- a/vis.c
+++ b/vis.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void window_draw_eof(Win *win) {
 		return;
 	CellStyle style = win->ui->style_get(win->ui, UI_STYLE_EOF);
 	for (Line *l = view_lines_last(view)->next; l; l = l->next) {
-		strcpy(l->cells[0].data, view_symbol_eof_get(view));
+		strncpy(l->cells[0].data, view_symbol_eof_get(view), sizeof(l->cells[0].data)-1);
 		l->cells[0].style = style;
 	}
 }