diff --git a/codemp/RMG/RM_Manager.cpp b/codemp/RMG/RM_Manager.cpp
index 0ffd177..f5e74f8 100644
--- a/codemp/RMG/RM_Manager.cpp
+++ b/codemp/RMG/RM_Manager.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void CRMManager::UpdateStatisticCvars ( void )
 		// show difficulty
 		char difficulty[MAX_QPATH];
 		gi.Cvar_VariableStringBuffer("g_skill", difficulty, MAX_QPATH);
-		strupr(difficulty);
+		Q_strupr(difficulty);
 		gi.Cvar_Set ( "ar_diff", va("&GENERIC_%s&",difficulty) );
 
 		// compute rank
diff --git a/codemp/ui/ui_shared.c b/codemp/ui/ui_shared.c
index b4838c3..1bbb448 100644
--- a/codemp/ui/ui_shared.c
+++ b/codemp/ui/ui_shared.c
@@ -8623,7 +8623,7 @@ qboolean ItemParse_cvarStrList( itemDef_t *item, int handle ) {
 #ifndef CGAME
 		for (; multiPtr->count < uiInfo.playerSpeciesCount; multiPtr->count++)
 		{
-			multiPtr->cvarList[multiPtr->count] = String_Alloc(strupr(va("@MENUS_%s",uiInfo.playerSpecies[multiPtr->count].Name )));	//look up translation
+			multiPtr->cvarList[multiPtr->count] = String_Alloc(Q_strupr(va("@MENUS_%s",uiInfo.playerSpecies[multiPtr->count].Name )));	//look up translation
 			multiPtr->cvarStr[multiPtr->count] = uiInfo.playerSpecies[multiPtr->count].Name;	//value
 		}
 #endif