1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
index 646732893b94..129dc4fdf3c6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int
 Receive(int fd, int display)
 {
     static char Buffer[LINELEN];
+    char temp[sizeof(Buffer)];
     struct timeval t;
     int Result;
     char *last;
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ Receive(int fd, int display)
             else
                 flush = last - Buffer + 1;
             write(STDOUT_FILENO, Buffer, flush);
-            strcpy(Buffer, Buffer + flush);
+	    strcpy(temp, Buffer + flush);
+	    strcpy(Buffer, temp);
             len -= flush;
         }
         if ((Result = select(fd + 1, &f, NULL, NULL, &t)) <= 0) {