1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex.c b/src/regex.c
index 751006d57ba..4bf119402ac 100644
--- a/src/regex.c
+++ b/src/regex.c
@@ -6644,7 +6644,7 @@ regerror (int err_code, const regex_t *preg, char *errbuf, size_t errbuf_size)
     {
       if (msg_size > errbuf_size)
         {
-          strncpy (errbuf, msg, errbuf_size - 1);
+          memcpy (errbuf, msg, errbuf_size - 1);
           errbuf[errbuf_size - 1] = 0;
         }
       else