diff --git a/src/funcs.c b/src/funcs.c
index 9bd054f..a5363e7 100644
--- a/src/funcs.c
+++ b/src/funcs.c
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ FILE_RCSID("@(#)$File: funcs.c,v 1.118 2020/12/08 21:26:00 christos Exp $")
 protected char *
 file_copystr(char *buf, size_t blen, size_t width, const char *str)
 {
-	if (++width > blen)
-		width = blen;
-	strlcpy(buf, str, width);
+	if (blen == 0)
+		return buf;
+	if (width >= blen)
+		width = blen - 1;
+	memcpy(buf, str, width);
+	buf[width] = '\0';
 	return buf;
 }