diff --git a/src/network/getnameinfo.c b/src/network/getnameinfo.c
index 588ed765..2ba66e33 100644
--- a/src/network/getnameinfo.c
+++ b/src/network/getnameinfo.c
@@ -113,11 +113,10 @@ static void reverse_services(char *buf, int port, int dgram)
 
 static int dns_parse_callback(void *c, int rr, const void *data, int len, const void *packet)
 {
-	char tmp[256];
 	if (rr != RR_PTR) return 0;
 	if (__dn_expand(packet, (const unsigned char *)packet + 512,
-	    data, tmp, sizeof tmp) > 0)
-		strcpy(c, tmp);
+	    data, c, 256) <= 0)
+		*(char *)c = 0;
 	return 0;
 	
 }