Index: kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 13a638d3605c8d5aaaa69c1cba72bf0787e576fa)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 4ee4046e33acd575f0fc5f064a7d5d665238ef63)
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
 		
 		ASSERT(TASK_NAME_BUFLEN >= INIT_PREFIX_LEN);
-		str_ncpy(namebuf, INIT_PREFIX, TASK_NAME_BUFLEN);
-		str_ncpy(namebuf + INIT_PREFIX_LEN, name,
-		    TASK_NAME_BUFLEN - INIT_PREFIX_LEN);
-		
+		str_cpy(namebuf, TASK_NAME_BUFLEN, INIT_PREFIX);
+		str_cpy(namebuf + INIT_PREFIX_LEN,
+		    TASK_NAME_BUFLEN - INIT_PREFIX_LEN, name);
+
 		int rc = program_create_from_image((void *) init.tasks[i].addr,
 		    namebuf, &programs[i]);