diff --git a/plat/nxp/common/setup/include/plat_common.h b/plat/nxp/common/setup/include/plat_common.h
index 484ddcf..e13f45c 100644
--- a/plat/nxp/common/setup/include/plat_common.h
+++ b/plat/nxp/common/setup/include/plat_common.h
@@ -131,9 +131,11 @@
 #endif
 );
 
+#define SOC_NAME_MAX_LEN	(20)
+
 /* Structure to define SoC personality */
 struct soc_type {
-	char name[10];
+	char name[SOC_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 	uint32_t version;
 	uint8_t num_clusters;
 	uint8_t cores_per_cluster;