diff --git a/src/nvim/memline.c b/src/nvim/memline.c
index 19c3cfe99412a9..63a05e7b59e19a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/memline.c
+++ b/src/nvim/memline.c
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ int ml_open(buf_T *buf)
   b0p->b0_magic_int = (int)B0_MAGIC_INT;
   b0p->b0_magic_short = (short)B0_MAGIC_SHORT;
   b0p->b0_magic_char = B0_MAGIC_CHAR;
-  STRNCPY(b0p->b0_version, "VIM ", 4);
-  STRNCPY(b0p->b0_version + 4, Version, 6);
+  xstrlcpy(xstpcpy((char *) b0p->b0_version, "VIM "), Version, 6);
   long_to_char((long)mfp->mf_page_size, b0p->b0_page_size);
 
   if (!buf->b_spell) {