diff --git a/vfs/undelfs.c b/vfs/undelfs.c
index f5afac825..ae3618b61 100644
--- a/vfs/undelfs.c
+++ b/vfs/undelfs.c
@@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ undelfs_readdir(void *vfs_info)
     if (readdir_ptr == num_delarray)
 	return NULL;
     if (readdir_ptr < 0)
-	g_snprintf(dirent_dest, MC_MAXPATHLEN,
-		   readdir_ptr == -2 ? "." : "..");
+	strcpy (dirent_dest, readdir_ptr == -2 ? "." : "..");
     else
 	g_snprintf(dirent_dest, MC_MAXPATHLEN, "%ld:%d",
 		   (long) delarray[readdir_ptr].ino,