1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 4595aeb3c432..f4190b5764de 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4833,8 +4833,8 @@ int pevent_strerror(struct pevent *pevent, enum pevent_errno errnum,
                 msg = strerror_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
                 if (msg != buf) {
                         size_t len = strlen(msg);
-                        char *c = mempcpy(buf, msg, min(buflen-1, len));
-                        *c = '\0';
+                        memcpy(buf, msg, min(buflen - 1, len));
+                        *(buf + min(buflen - 1, len)) = '\0';
                 }
                 return 0;
         }