diff --git a/src/control/control.c b/src/control/control.c
index a0965c6c..66277efe 100644
--- a/src/control/control.c
+++ b/src/control/control.c
@@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ int snd_ctl_elem_add_enumerated(snd_ctl_t *ctl, const snd_ctl_elem_id_t *id,
 	info->value.enumerated.names_ptr = (uintptr_t)buf;
 	info->value.enumerated.names_length = bytes;
 	p = buf;
-	for (i = 0; i < items; ++i)
-		p = stpcpy(p, names[i]) + 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < items; ++i) {
+		strcpy(p, names[i]);
+		p += strlen(names[i]) + 1;
+	}
 
 	err = ctl->ops->element_add(ctl, info);