diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index 2f4ae3b53d..c12e936f98 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int64 sendDir(char *path, int basepathlen, bool sizeonly);
 static void sendFile(char *readfilename, char *tarfilename,
 		 struct stat * statbuf);
 static void sendFileWithContent(const char *filename, const char *content);
-static void _tarWriteHeader(const char *filename, char *linktarget,
+static void _tarWriteHeader(const char *filename, const char *linktarget,
 				struct stat * statbuf);
 static void send_int8_string(StringInfoData *buf, int64 intval);
 static void SendBackupHeader(List *tablespaces);
@@ -118,17 +118,19 @@ perform_base_backup(basebackup_options *opt, DIR *tblspcdir)
 			snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), "pg_tblspc/%s", de->d_name);
 
 #if defined(HAVE_READLINK) || defined(WIN32)
-			rllen = readlink(fullpath, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath) - 1);
+			rllen = readlink(fullpath, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath));
 			if (rllen < 0)
 			{
 				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errmsg("could not read symbolic link \"%s\": %m", fullpath)));
+						(errmsg("could not read symbolic link \"%s\": %m",
+								fullpath)));
 				continue;
 			}
 			else if (rllen >= sizeof(linkpath))
 			{
 				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errmsg("symbolic link \"%s\" target is too long", fullpath)));
+						(errmsg("symbolic link \"%s\" target is too long",
+								fullpath)));
 				continue;
 			}
 			linkpath[rllen] = '\0';
@@ -140,9 +142,9 @@ perform_base_backup(basebackup_options *opt, DIR *tblspcdir)
 			tablespaces = lappend(tablespaces, ti);
 #else
 			/*
-			 * If the platform does not have symbolic links, it should not be possible
-			 * to have tablespaces - clearly somebody else created them. Warn about it
-			 * and ignore.
+			 * If the platform does not have symbolic links, it should not be
+			 * possible to have tablespaces - clearly somebody else created
+			 * them. Warn about it and ignore.
 			 */
 			ereport(WARNING,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
@@ -641,24 +643,45 @@ sendDir(char *path, int basepathlen, bool sizeonly)
 			continue;			/* don't recurse into pg_xlog */
 		}
 
+		/* Allow symbolic links in pg_tblspc only */
+		if (strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0 &&
 #ifndef WIN32
-		if (S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode) && strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0)
+				 S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)
 #else
-		if (pgwin32_is_junction(pathbuf) && strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0)
+				 pgwin32_is_junction(pathbuf)
 #endif
+			)
 		{
-			/* Allow symbolic links in pg_tblspc */
+#if defined(HAVE_READLINK) || defined(WIN32)
 			char		linkpath[MAXPGPATH];
+			int			rllen;
 
-			MemSet(linkpath, 0, sizeof(linkpath));
-			if (readlink(pathbuf, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath) - 1) == -1)
+			rllen = readlink(pathbuf, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath));
+			if (rllen < 0)
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode_for_file_access(),
 						 errmsg("could not read symbolic link \"%s\": %m",
 								pathbuf)));
+			if (rllen >= sizeof(linkpath))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errmsg("symbolic link \"%s\" target is too long",
+								pathbuf)));
+			linkpath[rllen] = '\0';
+
 			if (!sizeonly)
 				_tarWriteHeader(pathbuf + basepathlen + 1, linkpath, &statbuf);
 			size += 512;		/* Size of the header just added */
+#else
+			/*
+			 * If the platform does not have symbolic links, it should not be
+			 * possible to have tablespaces - clearly somebody else created
+			 * them. Warn about it and ignore.
+			 */
+			ereport(WARNING,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+					 errmsg("tablespaces are not supported on this platform")));
+			continue;
+#endif /* HAVE_READLINK */
 		}
 		else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode))
 		{
@@ -806,7 +829,8 @@ sendFile(char *readfilename, char *tarfilename, struct stat * statbuf)
 
 
 static void
-_tarWriteHeader(const char *filename, char *linktarget, struct stat * statbuf)
+_tarWriteHeader(const char *filename, const char *linktarget,
+				struct stat * statbuf)
 {
 	char		h[512];
 	int			lastSum = 0;
@@ -854,7 +878,7 @@ _tarWriteHeader(const char *filename, char *linktarget, struct stat * statbuf)
 	{
 		/* Type - Symbolic link */
 		sprintf(&h[156], "2");
-		strcpy(&h[157], linktarget);
+		sprintf(&h[157], "%.99s", linktarget);
 	}
 	else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode))
 		/* Type - directory */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
index 478f203273..7a2e0c8e62 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	int		rllen;
 
 	/*
-	 * Return empty string for our two default tablespace
+	 * Return empty string for our default tablespaces
 	 */
 	if (tablespaceOid == DEFAULTTABLESPACE_OID ||
 		tablespaceOid == GLOBALTABLESPACE_OID)
@@ -286,13 +286,16 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * in pg_tblspc/<oid>.
 	 */
 	snprintf(sourcepath, sizeof(sourcepath), "pg_tblspc/%u", tablespaceOid);
-	rllen =readlink(sourcepath, targetpath, sizeof(targetpath));
+
+	rllen = readlink(sourcepath, targetpath, sizeof(targetpath));
 	if (rllen < 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errmsg("could not read symbolic link \"%s\": %m", sourcepath)));
+				(errmsg("could not read symbolic link \"%s\": %m",
+						sourcepath)));
 	else if (rllen >= sizeof(targetpath))
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errmsg("symbolic link \"%s\" target is too long", sourcepath)));
+				(errmsg("symbolic link \"%s\" target is too long",
+						sourcepath)));
 	targetpath[rllen] = '\0';
 
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(targetpath));
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	ereport(ERROR,
 			(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 			 errmsg("tablespaces are not supported on this platform")));
+	PG_RETURN_NULL();
 #endif
 }