diff --git a/libs/libc/netdb/lib_getaddrinfo.c b/libs/libc/netdb/lib_getaddrinfo.c
index f819ca4c126..bb14ef39676 100644
--- a/libs/libc/netdb/lib_getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/libs/libc/netdb/lib_getaddrinfo.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ FAR static struct ai_s *alloc_ai(int family, int socktype, int protocol,
       case AF_LOCAL:
         ai->ai.ai_addrlen       = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
         ai->sa.sun.sun_family   = AF_LOCAL;
-        strncpy(ai->sa.sun.sun_path, addr, sizeof(ai->sa.sun.sun_path));
+        strlcpy(ai->sa.sun.sun_path, addr, sizeof(ai->sa.sun.sun_path));
         break;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_IPv4
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ FAR static struct ai_s *alloc_ai(int family, int socktype, int protocol,
       case AF_RPMSG:
         ai->ai.ai_addrlen       = sizeof(struct sockaddr_rpmsg);
         ai->sa.srp.rp_family    = AF_RPMSG;
-        strncpy(ai->sa.srp.rp_cpu, addr, sizeof(ai->sa.srp.rp_cpu));
+        strlcpy(ai->sa.srp.rp_cpu, addr, sizeof(ai->sa.srp.rp_cpu));
         snprintf(ai->sa.srp.rp_name, sizeof(ai->sa.srp.rp_name), "%d", port);
         break;
 #endif