diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.c b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.c
index e3737a6440f9..646f31422199 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.c
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.c
@@ -759,6 +759,12 @@ archive_entry_set_symlink(struct archive_entry *entry, const char *linkname)
 	aes_set_mbs(&entry->ae_symlink, linkname);
 }
 
+void
+archive_entry_copy_symlink(struct archive_entry *entry, const char *linkname)
+{
+	aes_copy_mbs(&entry->ae_symlink, linkname);
+}
+
 void
 archive_entry_copy_symlink_w(struct archive_entry *entry, const wchar_t *linkname)
 {
diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.h b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.h
index 5e6c9fdea372..2604f8623540 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.h
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ void	archive_entry_set_rdevmajor(struct archive_entry *, dev_t);
 void	archive_entry_set_rdevminor(struct archive_entry *, dev_t);
 void	archive_entry_set_size(struct archive_entry *, int64_t);
 void	archive_entry_set_symlink(struct archive_entry *, const char *);
+void	archive_entry_copy_symlink(struct archive_entry *, const char *);
 void	archive_entry_copy_symlink_w(struct archive_entry *, const wchar_t *);
 void	archive_entry_set_uid(struct archive_entry *, uid_t);
 void	archive_entry_set_uname(struct archive_entry *, const char *);
diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c b/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c
index 20c8ecc71efe..a2dc6fd159f4 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header(struct archive *a,
 	archive_entry_set_pathname(entry,
 	    build_pathname(&iso9660->pathname, file));
 	if (file->symlink.s != NULL)
-		archive_entry_set_symlink(entry, file->symlink.s);
+		archive_entry_copy_symlink(entry, file->symlink.s);
 
 	/* If this entry points to the same data as the previous
 	 * entry, convert this into a hardlink to that entry.