diff --git a/src/login/loginclif.cpp b/src/login/loginclif.cpp
index 5eb00a4154..8672bf2cee 100644
--- a/src/login/loginclif.cpp
+++ b/src/login/loginclif.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int logclif_parse_reqauth(int fd, struct login_session_data *sd, int comm
 		if( israwpass )
 		{
 			ShowStatus("Request for connection of %s (ip: %s)\n", sd->userid, ip);
-			safestrncpy(sd->passwd, password, NAME_LENGTH);
+			safestrncpy(sd->passwd, password, PASSWD_LENGTH);
 			if( login_config.use_md5_passwds )
 				MD5_String(sd->passwd, sd->passwd);
 			sd->passwdenc = 0;