diff --git a/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_cpio.c b/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_cpio.c
index d4f6ffd..ffd4a85 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_cpio.c
+++ b/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_cpio.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
     struct archive_entry *entry)
 {
 	struct cpio *cpio;
-	const void *h;
+	const void *h, *hl;
 	struct archive_string_conv *sconv;
 	size_t namelength;
 	size_t name_pad;
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@
 			    "Rejecting malformed cpio archive: symlink contents exceed 1 megabyte");
 			return (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
 		}
-		h = __archive_read_ahead(a,
+		hl = __archive_read_ahead(a,
 			(size_t)cpio->entry_bytes_remaining, NULL);
-		if (h == NULL)
+		if (hl == NULL)
 			return (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
-		if (archive_entry_copy_symlink_l(entry, (const char *)h,
+		if (archive_entry_copy_symlink_l(entry, (const char *)hl,
 		    (size_t)cpio->entry_bytes_remaining, sconv) != 0) {
 			if (errno == ENOMEM) {
 				archive_set_error(&a->archive, ENOMEM,
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 	 * header.  XXX */
 
 	/* Compare name to "TRAILER!!!" to test for end-of-archive. */
-	if (namelength == 11 && memcmp((const char *)h, "TRAILER!!!",
+	if (namelength == 11 && strncmp((const char *)h, "TRAILER!!!",
 	    11) == 0) {
 		/* TODO: Store file location of start of block. */
 		archive_clear_error(&a->archive);