diff --git a/genl/ctrl.c b/genl/ctrl.c
index 6abd5258..448988eb 100644
--- a/genl/ctrl.c
+++ b/genl/ctrl.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int ctrl_list(int cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 
 		if (matches(*argv, "name") == 0) {
 			NEXT_ARG();
-			strncpy(d, *argv, sizeof (d) - 1);
+			strlcpy(d, *argv, sizeof(d));
 			addattr_l(nlh, 128, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME,
 				  d, strlen(d) + 1);
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "id") == 0) {
diff --git a/ip/ipvrf.c b/ip/ipvrf.c
index b74c501e..f9277e1e 100644
--- a/ip/ipvrf.c
+++ b/ip/ipvrf.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int vrf_identify(pid_t pid, char *name, size_t len)
 			if (end)
 				*end = '\0';
 
-			strncpy(name, vrf, len - 1);
+			strlcpy(name, vrf, len);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ip/xfrm_state.c b/ip/xfrm_state.c
index e11c93bf..4483fb8f 100644
--- a/ip/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/ip/xfrm_state.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int xfrm_algo_parse(struct xfrm_algo *alg, enum xfrm_attr_type_t type,
 	fprintf(stderr, "warning: ALGO-NAME/ALGO-KEYMAT values will be sent to the kernel promiscuously! (verifying them isn't implemented yet)\n");
 #endif
 
-	strncpy(alg->alg_name, name, sizeof(alg->alg_name));
+	strlcpy(alg->alg_name, name, sizeof(alg->alg_name));
 
 	if (slen > 2 && strncmp(key, "0x", 2) == 0) {
 		/* split two chars "0x" from the top */