diff --git a/src/lxc/network.c b/src/lxc/network.c
index 04944811c..6f379a809 100644
--- a/src/lxc/network.c
+++ b/src/lxc/network.c
@@ -2178,8 +2178,8 @@ static int lxc_create_network_unpriv_exec(const char *lxcpath, const char *lxcna
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	memset(netdev->name, 0, IFNAMSIZ + 1);
-	strncpy(netdev->name, token, IFNAMSIZ);
+	memset(netdev->name, 0, IFNAMSIZ);
+	memcpy(netdev->name, token, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
 	/* netdev->ifindex */
 	token = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &saveptr);