diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index b7d7f6c8de..15a5f394f5 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ _layout_item_merge_and_free(Ctxt *c,
 #endif
 
    tmp = realloc(item1->text, (len1 + len2 + 1) * sizeof(Eina_Unicode));
-   eina_unicode_strcpy(tmp + len1, item2->text);
+   eina_unicode_strncpy(tmp + len1, item2->text, len2);
    item1->text = tmp;
    item1->text[len1 + len2] = 0;