diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index dc7870a561..758cd39dd1 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,9 @@ parse_done:
 		find_alignment(&sb, &output_option);
 		if (!*repeated_meta_color &&
 		    (output_option & OUTPUT_COLOR_LINE))
-			strcpy(repeated_meta_color, GIT_COLOR_CYAN);
+			xsnprintf(repeated_meta_color,
+				  sizeof(repeated_meta_color),
+				  "%s", GIT_COLOR_CYAN);
 	}
 	if (output_option & OUTPUT_ANNOTATE_COMPAT)
 		output_option &= ~(OUTPUT_COLOR_LINE | OUTPUT_SHOW_AGE_WITH_COLOR);