diff --git a/gst/gstregistrybinary.c b/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
index f7cc991..43e6288 100644
--- a/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
+++ b/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 {
   memset (m, 0, sizeof (GstBinaryRegistryMagic));
 
-  if (!strncpy (m->magic, GST_MAGIC_BINARY_REGISTRY_STR,
+  if (!memcpy (m->magic, GST_MAGIC_BINARY_REGISTRY_STR,
           GST_MAGIC_BINARY_REGISTRY_LEN)
       || !strncpy (m->version, GST_MAGIC_BINARY_VERSION_STR,
           GST_MAGIC_BINARY_VERSION_LEN)) {
diff --git a/libs/gst/helpers/gst-ptp-helper.c b/libs/gst/helpers/gst-ptp-helper.c
index 423c4ef..91a2570 100644
--- a/libs/gst/helpers/gst-ptp-helper.c
+++ b/libs/gst/helpers/gst-ptp-helper.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
       gchar **ptr = ifaces;
 
       while (*ptr) {
-        strncpy (ifr.ifr_name, *ptr, IFNAMSIZ);
+        memcpy (ifr.ifr_name, *ptr, IFNAMSIZ);
         if (ioctl (g_socket_get_fd (socket_event), SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == 0) {
           clock_id_array[0] = ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[0];
           clock_id_array[1] = ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[1];