diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 05a6f26d8fb..e152e1ed698 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-12-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* plugin.cc (Plugin_recorder::init): Replace strncpy with memcpy.
+
 2020-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/Makefile.am (pr26936a.o): Pass -mx86-used-note=yes.
diff --git a/gold/plugin.cc b/gold/plugin.cc
index 729ddca9f31..fd37957e73c 100644
--- a/gold/plugin.cc
+++ b/gold/plugin.cc
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ Plugin_recorder::init()
 
   size_t len = strlen(dir_template) + 1;
   char* tempdir = new char[len];
-  strncpy(tempdir, dir_template, len);
+  memcpy(tempdir, dir_template, len);
 
   // Create the log file.
   std::string logname(tempdir);