Index: lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CStringChecker.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CStringChecker.cpp
+++ lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CStringChecker.cpp
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@
   if (!ER)
     return state;
 
-  assert(ER->getValueType() == C.getASTContext().CharTy &&
-    "CheckLocation should only be called with char* ElementRegions");
+  if (ER->getValueType() != C.getASTContext().CharTy)
+    return state;
 
   // Get the size of the array.
   const SubRegion *superReg = cast<SubRegion>(ER->getSuperRegion());
@@ -874,6 +874,8 @@
   if (!ER)
     return true; // cf top comment.
 
+  // FIXME: Does this crash when a non-standard definition
+  // of a library function is encountered?
   assert(ER->getValueType() == C.getASTContext().CharTy &&
          "IsFirstBufInBound should only be called with char* ElementRegions");
 
Index: test/Analysis/string-with-signedness.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Analysis/string-with-signedness.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// RUN: %clang_analyze_cc1 -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration -analyzer-checker=core,unix.cstring,alpha.unix.cstring -verify %s
+
+// expected-no-diagnostics
+
+void *strcpy(unsigned char *, unsigned char *);
+
+unsigned char a, b;
+void testUnsignedStrcpy() {
+  strcpy(&a, &b);
+}