diff --git a/hw/bt-hci.c b/hw/bt-hci.c
index 71c12b85f6..96a5b115a0 100644
--- a/hw/bt-hci.c
+++ b/hw/bt-hci.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ static void bt_hci_reset(struct bt_hci_s *hci)
     hci->device.inquiry_scan = 0;
     hci->device.page_scan = 0;
     if (hci->device.lmp_name)
-        free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
+        qemu_free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
     hci->device.lmp_name = 0;
     hci->device.class[0] = 0x00;
     hci->device.class[1] = 0x00;
@@ -1815,8 +1815,8 @@ static void bt_submit_hci(struct HCIInfo *info,
         LENGTH_CHECK(change_local_name);
 
         if (hci->device.lmp_name)
-            free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
-        hci->device.lmp_name = strndup(PARAM(change_local_name, name),
+            qemu_free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
+        hci->device.lmp_name = qemu_strndup(PARAM(change_local_name, name),
                         sizeof(PARAM(change_local_name, name)));
         bt_hci_event_complete_status(hci, HCI_SUCCESS);
         break;
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ static void bt_hci_done(struct HCIInfo *info)
     bt_device_done(&hci->device);
 
     if (hci->device.lmp_name)
-        free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
+        qemu_free((void *) hci->device.lmp_name);
 
     /* Be gentle and send DISCONNECT to all connected peers and those
      * currently waiting for us to accept or reject a connection request.
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index 2b7f7e1a10..f5480dd7ac 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ void *qemu_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
 void *qemu_mallocz(size_t size);
 void qemu_free(void *ptr);
 char *qemu_strdup(const char *str);
+char *qemu_strndup(const char *str, size_t size);
 
 void *get_mmap_addr(unsigned long size);
 
diff --git a/qemu-malloc.c b/qemu-malloc.c
index 3bffae1fbb..dc74efed17 100644
--- a/qemu-malloc.c
+++ b/qemu-malloc.c
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ char *qemu_strdup(const char *str)
     ptr = qemu_malloc(len + 1);
     if (!ptr)
         return NULL;
-    pstrcpy(ptr, len + 1, str);
+    memcpy(ptr, str, len + 1);
     return ptr;
 }
+
+char *qemu_strndup(const char *str, size_t size)
+{
+    const char *end = memchr(str, 0, size);
+    char *new;
+
+    if (end)
+        size = end - str;
+
+    new = qemu_malloc(size + 1);
+    new[size] = 0;
+
+    return memcpy(new, str, size);
+}