diff --git a/engine/server/sv_ccmds.c b/engine/server/sv_ccmds.c
index 29a4ab6ca..826ceb338 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_ccmds.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_ccmds.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ void SV_ForceName_f (void)
 	{
 		Info_SetValueForKey(cl->userinfo, "name", Cmd_Argv(2), MAX_INFO_STRING);
 		SV_ExtractFromUserinfo(cl);
-		Q_strncpyz(cl->name, Cmd_Argv(2), sizeof(cl->name));
+		Q_strncpyz(cl->name, Cmd_Argv(2), sizeof(cl->namebuf));
 		i = cl - svs.clients;
 		MSG_WriteByte (&sv.reliable_datagram, svc_setinfo);
 		MSG_WriteByte (&sv.reliable_datagram, i);