diff --git a/sbin/ipf/libipf/load_poolnode.c b/sbin/ipf/libipf/load_poolnode.c
index 5c9fd838bfa..8d65f019da4 100644
--- a/sbin/ipf/libipf/load_poolnode.c
+++ b/sbin/ipf/libipf/load_poolnode.c
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ load_poolnode(int role, char *name, ip_pool_node_t *node, int ttl,
 
 	if (err != 0) {
 		if ((opts & OPT_DONOTHING) == 0) {
-			char msg[80];
+			char msg[255];
 
 			snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s pool node(%s/", what,
 				inet_ntoa(pn.ipn_addr.adf_addr.in4));
-			strcat(msg, inet_ntoa(pn.ipn_mask.adf_addr.in4));
+			strlcat(msg, inet_ntoa(pn.ipn_mask.adf_addr.in4), sizeof(msg));
 			return (ipf_perror_fd(pool_fd(), iocfunc, msg));
 		}
 	}