1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gawkapi.h b/gawkapi.h
index 3604e906..c5bb1ea9 100644
--- a/gawkapi.h
+++ b/gawkapi.h
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ r_make_string(const gawk_api_t *api,	/* needed for emalloc */
 	result->str_value.len = length;
 
 	if (duplicate) {
-		emalloc(cp, char *, length + 2, "r_make_string");
+		emalloc(cp, char *, length + 1, "r_make_string");
 		memcpy(cp, string, length);
 		cp[length] = '\0';
 		result->str_value.str = cp;