diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/clparse.c b/sbin/dhclient/clparse.c
index 7c1e74fca9e7..fea935abad89 100644
--- a/sbin/dhclient/clparse.c
+++ b/sbin/dhclient/clparse.c
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ parse_string_list(FILE *cfile, struct string_list **lp, int multiple)
 {
 	int			 token;
 	char			*val;
+	size_t			 valsize;
 	struct string_list	*cur, *tmp;
 
 	/* Find the last medium in the media list. */
@@ -890,10 +891,11 @@ parse_string_list(FILE *cfile, struct string_list **lp, int multiple)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		tmp = new_string_list(strlen(val) + 1);
+		valsize = strlen(val) + 1;
+		tmp = new_string_list(valsize);
 		if (tmp == NULL)
 			error("no memory for string list entry.");
-		strlcpy(tmp->string, val, strlen(val) + 1);
+		strlcpy(tmp->string, val, valsize);
 		tmp->next = NULL;
 
 		/* Store this medium at the end of the media list. */
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/parse.c b/sbin/dhclient/parse.c
index 6a54fd0a4c88..13e837370083 100644
--- a/sbin/dhclient/parse.c
+++ b/sbin/dhclient/parse.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ char *
 parse_string(FILE *cfile)
 {
 	char *val, *s;
+	size_t valsize;
 	int token;
 
 	token = next_token(&val, cfile);
@@ -124,10 +125,11 @@ parse_string(FILE *cfile)
 		skip_to_semi(cfile);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
-	s = malloc(strlen(val) + 1);
+	valsize = strlen(val) + 1;
+	s = malloc(valsize);
 	if (!s)
 		error("no memory for string %s.", val);
-	strlcpy(s, val, strlen(val) + 1);
+	strlcpy(s, val, valsize);
 
 	if (!parse_semi(cfile))
 		return (NULL);
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ parse_numeric_aggregate(FILE *cfile, unsigned char *buf, int *max,
 	unsigned char *bufp = buf, *s = NULL;
 	int token, count = 0;
 	char *val, *t;
+	size_t valsize;
 	pair c = NULL;
 
 	if (!bufp && *max) {
@@ -288,10 +291,11 @@ parse_numeric_aggregate(FILE *cfile, unsigned char *buf, int *max,
 			convert_num(s, val, base, size);
 			s += size / 8;
 		} else {
-			t = malloc(strlen(val) + 1);
+			valsize = strlen(val) + 1;
+			t = malloc(valsize);
 			if (!t)
 				error("no temp space for number.");
-			strlcpy(t, val, strlen(val) + 1);
+			strlcpy(t, val, valsize);
 			c = cons(t, c);
 		}
 	} while (++count != *max);