diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/run_from_same_connection.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/run_from_same_connection.c
index 23c6574c2..96bfefdcc 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/run_from_same_connection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/run_from_same_connection.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ start_session_level_connection_to_node(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 		singleConnection = palloc(sizeof(MultiConnection));
 
-		singleConnection->hostname = nodeNameString;
+		strlcpy(singleConnection->hostname, nodeNameString, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
 		singleConnection->port = nodePort;
 
 		singleConnection->pgConn = PQconnectdbParams((const char **) keywords,