diff --git a/src/modules/battery/batget.c b/src/modules/battery/batget.c
index fa183a55b..f6abd0778 100644
--- a/src/modules/battery/batget.c
+++ b/src/modules/battery/batget.c
@@ -1025,8 +1025,7 @@ linux_acpi_init(void)
              char buf[PATH_MAX + 6];
              FILE *f;
 
-             strcpy(buf, info->path);
-             strcat(buf, "/info");
+             snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/info", info->path);
              f = fopen(buf, "r");
              if (f)
                {