1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/pw_encrypt.c b/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
index 0e4eb9f8a..ac79f839f 100644
--- a/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
+++ b/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ extern char *pw_encrypt(const char *clear, const char *salt)
         /* if crypt (a nonstandard crypt) returns a string too large,
            truncate it so we don't overrun buffers and hope there is
            enough security in what's left */
-        if (strlen(cp) > sizeof(cipher)-1) {
-                cp[sizeof(cipher)-1] = 0;
-        }
-        strcpy(cipher, cp);
+        safe_strncpy(cipher, cp, sizeof(cipher));
         return cipher;
 }