diff --git a/code/game/ai_dmq3.c b/code/game/ai_dmq3.c
index 40cfe141..a82100ae 100644
--- a/code/game/ai_dmq3.c
+++ b/code/game/ai_dmq3.c
@@ -1488,7 +1488,8 @@ char *EasyClientName(int client, char *buf, int size) {
 	char *str1, *str2, *ptr, c;
 	char name[128];
 
-	strcpy(name, ClientName(client, name, sizeof(name)));
+	ClientName(client, name, sizeof(name));
+	
 	for (i = 0; name[i]; i++) name[i] &= 127;
 	//remove all spaces
 	for (ptr = strstr(name, " "); ptr; ptr = strstr(name, " ")) {