diff --git a/src/common/kmgr_utils.c b/src/common/kmgr_utils.c
index db8572c8eae..f499e2525e0 100644
--- a/src/common/kmgr_utils.c
+++ b/src/common/kmgr_utils.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ open_pipe_stream(const char *command)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	buf[0] = '"';
-	mempcy(&buf[1], command, cmdlen);
+	memcpy(&buf[1], command, cmdlen);
 	buf[cmdlen + 1] = '"';
 	buf[cmdlen + 2] = '\0';