diff --git a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_winrt.cpp b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_winrt.cpp
index 1c68b287848..35b7d5474b2 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_winrt.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_winrt.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ qint64 QNativeSocketEngine::readDatagram(char *data, qint64 maxlen, QIpPacketHea
     } else {
         readOrigin = datagram.data;
     }
-    strcpy(data, readOrigin);
+    memcpy(data, readOrigin, qMin(maxlen, qint64(datagram.data.length())));
     return readOrigin.length();
 }