diff --git a/ntfsprogs/utils.h b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
index 98df2b67..ce7281dc 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/utils.h
+++ b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static __inline__ int ntfs_mbstoucs_libntfscompat(const char *ins,
 
 			if(tmpstr_len >= 0) {
 				/* The extra character is the \0 terminator. */
-				memcpy(*outs, ins,
+				memcpy(*outs, tmpstr,
 					sizeof(ntfschar)*(tmpstr_len + 1));
 			}