diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index df645d127e40..a070f2e7d960 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void vc_uniscr_delete(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int nr)
 		char32_t *ln = uniscr->lines[vc->state.y];
 		unsigned int x = vc->state.x, cols = vc->vc_cols;
 
-		memcpy(&ln[x], &ln[x + nr], (cols - x - nr) * sizeof(*ln));
+		memmove(&ln[x], &ln[x + nr], (cols - x - nr) * sizeof(*ln));
 		memset32(&ln[cols - nr], ' ', nr);
 	}
 }