diff --git a/src/3rdparty/squirrel/squirrel/sqcompiler.cpp b/src/3rdparty/squirrel/squirrel/sqcompiler.cpp
index b9eace1c63..35fcc9e499 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/squirrel/squirrel/sqcompiler.cpp
+++ b/src/3rdparty/squirrel/squirrel/sqcompiler.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 		static SQChar temp[256];
 		va_list vl;
 		va_start(vl, s);
-		scvsprintf(temp, s, vl);
+		scvsnprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), s, vl);
 		va_end(vl);
 		throw temp;
 	}