diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/ocf.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/ocf.c
index 3499ea084..61e78f40c 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/ocf.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/ocf.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@ OCFOPEN_OK:
 	/* parse KEYWORD */
 	if ((token = _XStrtok(inbuf, DELIMITERS, strtok_buf)) == NULL)
 	    continue;
-	strcpy (uprtoken, token);
+	
+	snprintf(uprtoken, sizeof(uprtoken), "%s", token);
 	strupr (uprtoken);
 
 	if (strcmp (uprtoken, "PATH") == 0) {