diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/check_expire.c b/src/lib/libutil/check_expire.c
index 8e23a67f..cc141311 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/check_expire.c
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/check_expire.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: check_expire.c,v 1.9 2013/04/29 00:19:19 okan Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: check_expire.c,v 1.10 2014/08/25 07:50:25 doug Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ login_check_expire(FILE *back, struct passwd *pwd, char *class, int lastchance)
 				npwd = pw_dup(pwd);
 				npwd->pw_change = 1;
 				p = pwd_update(npwd, pwd);
-				memset(npwd->pw_passwd, 0,
+				explicit_bzero(npwd->pw_passwd,
 				    strlen(npwd->pw_passwd));
 				free(npwd);
 				if (p != NULL) {