diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index b7bdd9690319..8bb74d468f45 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ char *conf_get_default_confname(void)
 	name = expand_string(conf_defname);
 	env = getenv(SRCTREE);
 	if (env) {
-		sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", env, name);
+		snprintf(fullname, sizeof(fullname), "%s/%s", env, name);
 		if (is_present(fullname))
 			return fullname;
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l b/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
index c9df1c8b9824..6354c905b006 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ FILE *zconf_fopen(const char *name)
 	if (!f && name != NULL && name[0] != '/') {
 		env = getenv(SRCTREE);
 		if (env) {
-			sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", env, name);
+			snprintf(fullname, sizeof(fullname),
+				 "%s/%s", env, name);
 			f = fopen(fullname, "r");
 		}
 	}