1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/awkgram.c b/awkgram.c
index 9a98a7ac..70ff6daa 100644
--- a/awkgram.c
+++ b/awkgram.c
@@ -8712,9 +8712,9 @@ static NODE *
 set_profile_text(NODE *n, const char *str, size_t len)
 {
 	if (do_pretty_print) {
-		// extra byte in case need to add minus sign in negate_num
-		// and another one for the \0 at the end
-		n->stptr = estrdup(str, len + 2);
+		// extra byte in case we need to add minus sign in negate_num
+		// note that estrdup adds another byte for the \0 at the end
+		n->stptr = estrdup(str, len + 1);
 		n->stptr[len] = '\0';
 		n->stlen = len;
 		// Set STRCUR and n->stfmt for use when profiling