diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
index 6123020f78b5..96ac426221d1 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
@@ -4539,7 +4539,7 @@ zpool_get_bootenv(zpool_handle_t *zhp, char *outbuf, size_t size, off_t offset)
 		return (0);
 	}
 
-	strlcpy(outbuf, envmap + offset, size);
+	strncpy(outbuf, envmap + offset, size);
 	int bytes = MIN(strlen(envmap + offset), size);
 	fnvlist_free(nvl);
 	return (bytes);