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diff --git c/src/instance.c w/src/instance.c
index e0101d9..326de45 100644
--- c/src/instance.c
+++ w/src/instance.c
@@ -332,21 +332,21 @@ void libcouchbase_apply_vbucket_config(libcouchbase_t instance, VBUCKET_CONFIG_H
             instance->backup_nodes[ii] = instance->backup_nodes[nn];
             instance->backup_nodes[nn] = pp;
         }
     }
     instance->sasl.name = vbucket_config_get_user(instance->vbucket_config);
     memset(instance->sasl.password.buffer, 0,
            sizeof(instance->sasl.password.buffer));
     passwd = vbucket_config_get_password(instance->vbucket_config);
     if (passwd) {
         instance->sasl.password.secret.len = strlen(passwd);
-        strcpy((char *)instance->sasl.password.secret.data, passwd);
+        strcpy((char *)(instance->sasl.password.buffer + sizeof(instance->sasl.password.secret.len)), passwd);
     }
     memcpy(instance->sasl.callbacks, sasl_callbacks, sizeof(sasl_callbacks));
 
     /*
      * Run through all of the vbuckets and build a map of what they need.
      * It would have been nice if I could query libvbucket for the number
      * of vbuckets a server got, but there isn't at the moment..
      */
     max = (libcouchbase_uint16_t)vbucket_config_get_num_vbuckets(instance->vbucket_config);
     instance->nvbuckets = max;