diff --git a/sbin/devfs/devfs.c b/sbin/devfs/devfs.c
index b232f2a561bc..0e7b66210121 100644
--- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.c
+++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.c
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ efgetln(FILE *fp, char **line)
 		*line = malloc(rv + 1);
 		if (*line == NULL)
 			errx(1, "cannot allocate memory");
-		rv = strlcpy(*line, cp, rv + 1);
+		memcpy(*line, cp, rv);
+		(*line)[rv] = '\0';
 	}
 	assert(rv == strlen(*line));
 	return (rv);