diff --git a/lib/libcurses/copywin.c b/lib/libcurses/copywin.c
index 0bec7224f..6db2b3bb8 100644
--- a/lib/libcurses/copywin.c
+++ b/lib/libcurses/copywin.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ int copywin(const WINDOW *srcwin, WINDOW *dstwin,
 				cc.elements = 1;
 				np = sp->nsp;
 				if (np) {
-					while (np && cc.elements <=
+					/* MINIX: off-by one error, has to be strictly less than. */
+					while (np && cc.elements <
 					    CURSES_CCHAR_MAX) {
 						cc.vals[cc.elements++] = np->ch;
 						np = np->next;
diff --git a/usr.sbin/mtree/spec.c b/usr.sbin/mtree/spec.c
index 1dcedb434..62eaa0d57 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mtree/spec.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/mtree/spec.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ parsedev(char *arg)
 			if (*ep != '\0')
 				mtree_err("invalid number `%s'",
 				    p);
-			if (argc > MAX_PACK_ARGS)
+			/* MINIX: 03 warns for above array bounds*/
+			if (argc >= MAX_PACK_ARGS)
 				mtree_err("too many arguments");
 		}
 		if (argc < 2)