diff --git a/code/MDLLoader.cpp b/code/MDLLoader.cpp
index 3e0e91f6c..f82e7abfe 100644
--- a/code/MDLLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/MDLLoader.cpp
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ void MDLImporter::InternReadFile_3DGS_MDL7( )
 			} else {
 				pcNode->mName.length = ::strlen(szBuffer);
 			}
-            ::strncpy(pcNode->mName.data,szBuffer,MAXLEN);
+            ::strncpy(pcNode->mName.data,szBuffer,MAXLEN-1);
             ++p;
         }
     }
diff --git a/code/SMDLoader.cpp b/code/SMDLoader.cpp
index a868d9cb0..b06fa8c96 100644
--- a/code/SMDLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/SMDLoader.cpp
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ void SMDImporter::ComputeAbsoluteBoneTransformations()
         bone.mOffsetMatrix.Inverse();
     }
 }
-
+\
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // create output materials
 void SMDImporter::CreateOutputMaterials()
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ void SMDImporter::CreateOutputMaterials()
 
         if (aszTextures[iMat].length())
         {
-            ::strncpy(szName.data, aszTextures[iMat].c_str(),MAXLEN );
+            ::strncpy(szName.data, aszTextures[iMat].c_str(),MAXLEN-1);
             szName.length = aszTextures[iMat].length();
             pcMat->AddProperty(&szName,AI_MATKEY_TEXTURE_DIFFUSE(0));
         }