diff --git a/lib/savedir.c b/lib/savedir.c
index badf602..e263c5d 100644
--- a/lib/savedir.c
+++ b/lib/savedir.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 typedef struct
 {
   char *name;
-  size_t size;
 #if D_INO_IN_DIRENT
   ino_t ino;
 #endif
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ streamsavedir (DIR *dirp, enum savedir_option option)
                   entries_allocated = n;
                 }
               entries[entries_used].name = xstrdup (entry);
-	      entries[entries_used].size = entry_size;
 #if D_INO_IN_DIRENT
               entries[entries_used].ino = dp->d_ino;
 #endif
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ streamsavedir (DIR *dirp, enum savedir_option option)
       used = 0;
       for (i = 0; i < entries_used; i++)
         {
-          memcpy (name_space + used, entries[i].name, entries[i].size);
-          used += entries[i].size;
+          strcpy (name_space + used, entries[i].name);
+          used += strlen (name_space + used) + 1;
 	  free (entries[i].name);
         }
       free (entries);