diff --git a/code/MDLLoader.cpp b/code/MDLLoader.cpp
index 7cad7dbe4..3e0e91f6c 100644
--- a/code/MDLLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/MDLLoader.cpp
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ void MDLImporter::InternReadFile_3DGS_MDL7( )
 			} else {
 				pcNode->mName.length = ::strlen(szBuffer);
 			}
-            ::strcpy(pcNode->mName.data,szBuffer);
+            ::strncpy(pcNode->mName.data,szBuffer,MAXLEN);
             ++p;
         }
     }
diff --git a/code/SMDLoader.cpp b/code/SMDLoader.cpp
index 2db9f15e7..a868d9cb0 100644
--- a/code/SMDLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/SMDLoader.cpp
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ void SMDImporter::CreateOutputMaterials()
 
         if (aszTextures[iMat].length())
         {
-            ::strcpy(szName.data, aszTextures[iMat].c_str() );
+            ::strncpy(szName.data, aszTextures[iMat].c_str(),MAXLEN );
             szName.length = aszTextures[iMat].length();
             pcMat->AddProperty(&szName,AI_MATKEY_TEXTURE_DIFFUSE(0));
         }