diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/RTEMS/osdThread.c b/src/libCom/osi/os/RTEMS/osdThread.c
index e012d8c6a..09400152d 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/RTEMS/osdThread.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/RTEMS/osdThread.c
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ setThreadInfo (rtems_id tid, const char *name, EPICSTHREADFUNC funptr,void *parm
     rtems_status_code sc;
 
     v = mallocMustSucceed (sizeof *v, "epicsThreadCreate_vars");
-    v->name = mallocMustSucceed (strlen (name) + 1, "epicsThreadCreate_name");
-    strcpy (v->name, name);
+    v->name = epicsStrDup(name);
     v->id = tid;
     v->funptr = funptr;
     v->parm = parm;
diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
index b559e5e9a..e3b16bd7a 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static epicsThreadOSD * create_threadInfo(const char *name)
 
     pthreadInfo = callocMustSucceed(1,sizeof(*pthreadInfo),"create_threadInfo");
     pthreadInfo->suspendEvent = epicsEventMustCreate(epicsEventEmpty);
-    pthreadInfo->name = mallocMustSucceed(strlen(name)+1,"create_threadInfo");
-    strcpy(pthreadInfo->name,name);
+    pthreadInfo->name = epicsStrDup(name);
     return pthreadInfo;
 }