diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index fd252fff4c66..2bb08862a4f6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1757,11 +1757,10 @@ static noinline int btrfs_search_path_in_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
 		key.objectid = key.offset;
 		key.offset = (u64)-1;
 		dirid = key.objectid;
-
 	}
 	if (ptr < name)
 		goto out;
-	memcpy(name, ptr, total_len);
+	memmove(name, ptr, total_len);
 	name[total_len]='\0';
 	ret = 0;
 out: