diff --git a/hw/arm/digic.c b/hw/arm/digic.c
index 614232165c..6df5547977 100644
--- a/hw/arm/digic.c
+++ b/hw/arm/digic.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ static void digic_init(Object *obj)
     object_initialize_child(obj, "cpu", &s->cpu, ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm946"));
 
     for (i = 0; i < DIGIC4_NB_TIMERS; i++) {
-#define DIGIC_TIMER_NAME_MLEN    11
-        char name[DIGIC_TIMER_NAME_MLEN];
-
-        snprintf(name, DIGIC_TIMER_NAME_MLEN, "timer[%d]", i);
+        g_autofree char *name = g_strdup_printf("timer[%d]", i);
         object_initialize_child(obj, name, &s->timer[i], TYPE_DIGIC_TIMER);
     }