diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/Memory.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/Memory.h
index d7b2371558..bd1f9e66a4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/Memory.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/Memory.h
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public:
 
 	template<typename T> void WriteString(const T addr, const std::string& str)
 	{
-		memcpy(GetMemFromAddr<T>(addr), str.c_str(), str.size());
+		strcpy((char*)GetMemFromAddr<T>(addr), str.c_str());
 	}
 
 	u32 GetUserMemTotalSize()
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/SC_FUNC.h b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/SC_FUNC.h
index aa3cc4c5db..f831aa5a64 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/SC_FUNC.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/SC_FUNC.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace detail
 
 		static __forceinline T func(PPUThread& CPU)
 		{
-			return (T&)CPU.FPR[f_count];
+			return (T)CPU.FPR[f_count];
 		}
 	};