struct kobj_attribute *a, char *buf)
 {
        struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = to_fs_info(kobj);
-       return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", fs_info->super_copy->label);
+       char *label = fs_info->super_copy->label;
+       return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, label[0] ? "%s\n" : "%s", label);
 }
 
 static ssize_t btrfs_label_store(struct kobject *kobj,
        struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
        struct btrfs_root *root = fs_info->fs_root;
        int ret;
+       size_t p_len;
 
-       if (len >= BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE)
+       /*
+        * p_len is the len until the first occurrence of either
+        * '\n' or '\0'
+        */
+       p_len = strcspn(buf, "\n");
+
+       if (p_len >= BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
                return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
        spin_lock(&root->fs_info->super_lock);
-       strcpy(fs_info->super_copy->label, buf);
+       memset(fs_info->super_copy->label, 0, BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE);
+       memcpy(fs_info->super_copy->label, buf, p_len);
        spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->super_lock);
        ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);