diff --git a/src/resolvers.c b/src/resolvers.c
index 92698209c..1bcbdb857 100644
--- a/src/resolvers.c
+++ b/src/resolvers.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,9 @@ int resolv_dn_label_to_str(const char *dn, int dn_len, char *str, int str_len)
 	for (i = 0; i < dn_len; ++i) {
 		sz = (unsigned char)dn[i];
 
+		if (!sz)
+			break;
+
 		/* Check str_len adding 1 for the dot if (i!=0) and 1 for null terminator */
 		if (str_len < sz+i+(!!i)+1)
 			return -1;