diff --git a/dix/events.c b/dix/events.c
index 782ed35dc..86f5357e8 100644
--- a/dix/events.c
+++ b/dix/events.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EnqueueEvent(InternalEvent *ev, DeviceIntPtr device)
     qe->pScreen = pSprite->hotPhys.pScreen;
     qe->months = currentTime.months;
     qe->event = (InternalEvent *) (qe + 1);
-    memcpy(qe->event, event, eventlen);
+    CopyPartialInternalEvent(qe->event, (InternalEvent *)event);
     xorg_list_append(&qe->next, &syncEvents.pending);
 }