diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9ca55d7f81..1c21cd4668 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-23  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* mi/mi-cmd-break.c (mi_argv_to_format): Use xsnprintf instead
+	of sprintf.
+
 2013-05-22  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
 
 	* ada-lang.c (is_known_support_routine): Add explicit free of
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
index 050cf3f3c0..87ccee743f 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ mi_argv_to_format (char **argv, int argc)
 	    {
 	      char tmp[5];
 
-	      sprintf (tmp, "\\%o", (unsigned char) argv[0][i]);
+	      xsnprintf (tmp, sizeof (tmp), "\\%o",
+			 (unsigned char) argv[0][i]);
 	      obstack_grow (&obstack, tmp, strlen (tmp));
 	    }
 	  break;