diff --git a/filesystem/VFileSystem009.cpp b/filesystem/VFileSystem009.cpp
index 0c9de1ad..c8ecf525 100644
--- a/filesystem/VFileSystem009.cpp
+++ b/filesystem/VFileSystem009.cpp
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ extern "C" void EXPORT *CreateInterface( const char *interface, int *retval )
 
 	if( !Q_strcmp( interface, FS_API_CREATEINTERFACE_TAG ))
 	{
-		static fs_api_t copy = { 0 }; // return a copy, to disallow overriding
+		static fs_api_t copy; // return a copy, to disallow overriding
 
-		memcpy( &copy, &g_api, sizeof( copy ));
+		copy = g_api;
 
 		if( retval )
 			*retval = 0;
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.c b/filesystem/filesystem.c
index e5c95606..53bf6d20 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.c
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.c
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ int EXPORT GetFSAPI( int version, fs_api_t *api, fs_globals_t **globals, fs_inte
 	if( engfuncs && !FS_InitInterface( version, engfuncs ))
 		return 0;
 
-	memcpy( api, &g_api, sizeof( *api ));
+	*api = g_api;
 	*globals = &FI;
 
 	return FS_API_VERSION;