diff --git a/fs/befs/btree.c b/fs/befs/btree.c
index a2cd305a993a..9d7d00e04858 100644
--- a/fs/befs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/befs/btree.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ befs_find_key(struct super_block *sb, befs_btree_node * node,
  * Heres how it works: Key_no is the index of the key/value pair to 
  * return in keybuf/value.
  * Bufsize is the size of keybuf (BEFS_NAME_LEN+1 is a good size). Keysize is 
- * the number of charecters in the key (just a convenience).
+ * the number of characters in the key (just a convenience).
  *
  * Algorithm:
  *   Get the first leafnode of the tree. See if the requested key is in that
@@ -502,12 +502,11 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 			   "for key of size %d", __func__, bufsize, keylen);
 		brelse(this_node->bh);
 		goto error_alloc;
-	};
+	}
 
-	strncpy(keybuf, keystart, keylen);
+	strlcpy(keybuf, keystart, keylen + 1);
 	*value = fs64_to_cpu(sb, valarray[cur_key]);
 	*keysize = keylen;
-	keybuf[keylen] = '\0';
 
 	befs_debug(sb, "Read [%llu,%d]: Key \"%.*s\", Value %llu", node_off,
 		   cur_key, keylen, keybuf, *value);