diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index 3212e2c653b3..84b7cab55291 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct synth_field *field;
 	const char *prefix = NULL, *field_type = argv[0], *field_name, *array;
 	int len, ret = 0;
+	struct seq_buf s;
 	ssize_t size;
 
 	if (field_type[0] == ';')
@@ -630,13 +631,9 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 		field_type++;
 	len = strlen(field_type) + 1;
 
-        if (array) {
-                int l = strlen(array);
+	if (array)
+		len += strlen(array);
 
-                if (l && array[l - 1] == ';')
-                        l--;
-                len += l;
-        }
 	if (prefix)
 		len += strlen(prefix);
 
@@ -645,14 +642,18 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}
+	seq_buf_init(&s, field->type, len);
 	if (prefix)
-		strcat(field->type, prefix);
-	strcat(field->type, field_type);
+		seq_buf_puts(&s, prefix);
+	seq_buf_puts(&s, field_type);
 	if (array) {
-		strcat(field->type, array);
-		if (field->type[len - 1] == ';')
-			field->type[len - 1] = '\0';
+		seq_buf_puts(&s, array);
+		if (s.buffer[s.len - 1] == ';')
+			s.len--;
 	}
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!seq_buf_buffer_left(&s)))
+		goto free;
+	s.buffer[s.len] = '\0';
 
 	size = synth_field_size(field->type);
 	if (size < 0) {
@@ -663,14 +664,21 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 		if (synth_field_is_string(field->type)) {
 			char *type;
 
-			type = kzalloc(sizeof("__data_loc ") + strlen(field->type) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			len = sizeof("__data_loc ") + strlen(field->type) + 1;
+			type = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!type) {
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto free;
 			}
 
-			strcat(type, "__data_loc ");
-			strcat(type, field->type);
+			seq_buf_init(&s, type, len);
+			seq_buf_puts(&s, "__data_loc ");
+			seq_buf_puts(&s, field->type);
+
+			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!seq_buf_buffer_left(&s)))
+				goto free;
+			s.buffer[s.len] = '\0';
+
 			kfree(field->type);
 			field->type = type;