diff --git a/src/basic/memory-util.h b/src/basic/memory-util.h
index 2e10d33bb3..1f604cc452 100644
--- a/src/basic/memory-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/memory-util.h
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ static inline void* mempcpy_safe(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n) {
         return mempcpy(dst, src, n);
 }
 
-#define mempcpy_typesafe(dst, src, n) (typeof((dst)[0])*) mempcpy_safe(dst, src, n)
+#define mempcpy_typesafe(dst, src, n)                                   \
+        ({                                                              \
+                size_t _sz_;                                            \
+                assert_se(MUL_SAFE(&_sz_, sizeof((dst)[0]), n));        \
+                (typeof((dst)[0])*) mempcpy_safe(dst, src, _sz_);       \
+        })
 
 /* Normal memcmp() requires s1 and s2 to be nonnull. We do nothing if n is 0. */
 static inline int memcmp_safe(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n) {