diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_main.c b/ospfd/ospf_main.c
index 845d96032bc0..cc335a8abde9 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_main.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_main.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           pid_file[0] = '\0';
 
       snprintf(pidfile_temp, sizeof(pidfile_temp), "%s/ospfd-%d.pid", pid_file, instance );
-      strncpy(pid_file, pidfile_temp, sizeof(pid_file));
+      strlcpy(pid_file, pidfile_temp, sizeof(pid_file));
     }
   /* Process id file create. */
   pid_output (pid_file);