diff --git a/crypto/buffer/buf_str.c b/crypto/buffer/buf_str.c
index 1e8d7f6f10..bca363c28e 100644
--- a/crypto/buffer/buf_str.c
+++ b/crypto/buffer/buf_str.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "internal/cryptlib.h"
 #include <openssl/buffer.h>
 
@@ -85,12 +86,18 @@ char *BUF_strndup(const char *str, size_t siz)
 
     siz = BUF_strnlen(str, siz);
 
+    if (siz >= INT_MAX)
+        return (NULL);
+
     ret = OPENSSL_malloc(siz + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
         BUFerr(BUF_F_BUF_STRNDUP, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
         return (NULL);
     }
-    BUF_strlcpy(ret, str, siz + 1);
+
+    memcpy(ret, str, siz);
+    ret[siz] = '\0';
+
     return (ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/openssl/buffer.h b/include/openssl/buffer.h
index af30a90b86..61cff9ca36 100644
--- a/include/openssl/buffer.h
+++ b/include/openssl/buffer.h
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ size_t BUF_MEM_grow(BUF_MEM *str, size_t len);
 size_t BUF_MEM_grow_clean(BUF_MEM *str, size_t len);
 size_t BUF_strnlen(const char *str, size_t maxlen);
 char *BUF_strdup(const char *str);
+
+/*
+ * Returns a pointer to a new string which is a duplicate of the string |str|,
+ * but guarantees to never read past the first |siz| bytes of |str|.
+ */
 char *BUF_strndup(const char *str, size_t siz);
+
 void *BUF_memdup(const void *data, size_t siz);
 void BUF_reverse(unsigned char *out, unsigned char *in, size_t siz);