diff --git a/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kmake.c b/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kmake.c
index 356ffb96c9e..1b1f1f50a1e 100644
--- a/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kmake.c
+++ b/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kmake.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int fgetline(char* buff, int nchars, FILE* file)
 	if(fgets(buff, nchars, file) == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	if(buff[0] == '\r')
-		memcpy(buff, buff + 1, nchars - 1);
+		memmove(buff, buff + 1, nchars - 1);
 
 	length = strlen(buff);
 	while(length && (buff[length-1] == '\r' || buff[length-1] == '\n'))