diff --git a/src/app/clusters/door-lock-server/door-lock-server.h b/src/app/clusters/door-lock-server/door-lock-server.h
index 699852da219f73..36b339030c8b19 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/door-lock-server/door-lock-server.h
+++ b/src/app/clusters/door-lock-server/door-lock-server.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <platform/CHIPDeviceConfig.h>
 #include <protocols/interaction_model/StatusCode.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+
 #ifndef DOOR_LOCK_SERVER_ENDPOINT
 #define DOOR_LOCK_SERVER_ENDPOINT 1
 #endif
@@ -785,6 +788,34 @@ struct EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo
 #if DOOR_LOCK_USE_LOCAL_BUFFER
     uint8_t credentialDataBuffer[DOOR_LOCK_CREDENTIAL_BUFFER_LENGTH];
     EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo() { credentialData = chip::MutableByteSpan(credentialDataBuffer); }
+
+    // credentialData is a span into credentialDataBuffer, so the implicitly-defined copy would leave a
+    // copy's span pointing into the source's buffer (dangling once the source is gone). Deep-copy the
+    // bytes and re-bind the span to this object's own buffer.
+    EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo(const EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo & other) { *this = other; }
+
+    EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo & operator=(const EmberAfPluginDoorLockCredentialInfo & other)
+    {
+        if (this == &other)
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        status             = other.status;
+        credentialType     = other.credentialType;
+        creationSource     = other.creationSource;
+        createdBy          = other.createdBy;
+        modificationSource = other.modificationSource;
+        lastModifiedBy     = other.lastModifiedBy;
+
+        size_t dataLen = std::min(other.credentialData.size(), sizeof(credentialDataBuffer));
+        if (dataLen > 0)
+        {
+            memcpy(credentialDataBuffer, other.credentialData.data(), dataLen);
+        }
+        credentialData = chip::MutableByteSpan(credentialDataBuffer, dataLen);
+        return *this;
+    }
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -818,6 +849,43 @@ struct EmberAfPluginDoorLockUserInfo
         userName    = chip::MutableCharSpan(nameBuffer);
         credentials = chip::Span<CredentialStruct>(credentialsBuffer);
     }
+
+    // userName and credentials are spans into nameBuffer/credentialsBuffer, so the implicitly-defined
+    // copy would leave a copy's spans pointing into the source's buffers (dangling once the source is
+    // gone). Deep-copy the contents and re-bind the spans to this object's own buffers.
+    EmberAfPluginDoorLockUserInfo(const EmberAfPluginDoorLockUserInfo & other) { *this = other; }
+
+    EmberAfPluginDoorLockUserInfo & operator=(const EmberAfPluginDoorLockUserInfo & other)
+    {
+        if (this == &other)
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        userUniqueId       = other.userUniqueId;
+        userStatus         = other.userStatus;
+        userType           = other.userType;
+        credentialRule     = other.credentialRule;
+        creationSource     = other.creationSource;
+        createdBy          = other.createdBy;
+        modificationSource = other.modificationSource;
+        lastModifiedBy     = other.lastModifiedBy;
+
+        size_t nameLen = std::min(other.userName.size(), sizeof(nameBuffer));
+        if (nameLen > 0)
+        {
+            memcpy(nameBuffer, other.userName.data(), nameLen);
+        }
+        userName = chip::MutableCharSpan(nameBuffer, nameLen);
+
+        size_t credentialCount = std::min(other.credentials.size(), sizeof(credentialsBuffer) / sizeof(credentialsBuffer[0]));
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < credentialCount; i++)
+        {
+            credentialsBuffer[i] = other.credentials[i];
+        }
+        credentials = chip::Span<CredentialStruct>(credentialsBuffer, credentialCount);
+        return *this;
+    }
 #endif
 };