1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index e4812538d..8b68a0556 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -579,9 +579,7 @@ static pid_t run(struct init_action *a)
                 if (strpbrk(a->command, "~`!$^&*()=|\\{}[];\"'<>?") != NULL) {
                         cmd[0] = SHELL;
                         cmd[1] = "-c";
-                        strcpy(buf, "exec ");
-                        safe_strncpy(buf + sizeof("exec "), a->command, 
-                                        sizeof(buf) - sizeof("exec "));
+                        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "exec %s", a->command);
                         cmd[2] = buf;
                         cmd[3] = NULL;
                 } else {