1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 3016c5b47..c5820d325 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -428,14 +428,13 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                 w -= 8;
 
         p = current_line = ((char*)xmalloc(w + 4)) + 4;
-        max_fline += last_terminated;
         if (!last_terminated) {
                 const char *cp = flines[max_fline];
-                strcpy(p, cp);
-                p += strlen(current_line);
-                free(MEMPTR(flines[max_fline]));
+                p = stpcpy(p, cp);
+                free(MEMPTR(cp));
                 /* last_line_pos is still valid from previous read_lines() */
         } else {
+                max_fline++;
                 last_line_pos = 0;
         }