diff --git a/src/detect-ssl-state.c b/src/detect-ssl-state.c
index acee62a2b0..fa89135439 100644
--- a/src/detect-ssl-state.c
+++ b/src/detect-ssl-state.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static DetectSslStateData *DetectSslStateParse(const char *arg)
             goto error;
         }
 
-        memcpy(str1, str2, sizeof(str1));
+        strlcpy(str1, str2, sizeof(str1));
         pcre2_match_data_free(match2);
     }