diff -ruNp tar-1.20.orig/src/buffer.c tar-1.20/src/buffer.c
--- tar-1.20.orig/src/buffer.c	2008-11-07 19:16:05.578337476 +0100
+++ tar-1.20/src/buffer.c	2008-11-07 19:16:39.415962458 +0100
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ _write_volume_label (const char *str)
 
       memset (label, 0, BLOCKSIZE);
 
-      strcpy (label->header.name, volume_label_option);
+      strcpy (label->header.name, str);
       assign_string (&current_stat_info.file_name,
 		     label->header.name);
       current_stat_info.had_trailing_slash =