diff --git a/libraries/liblber/stdio.c b/libraries/liblber/stdio.c
index 0c5205ac80..4dd47535b6 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/stdio.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/stdio.c
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ int ber_pvt_vsnprintf( char *str, size_t n, const char *fmt, va_list ap )
 
 	fclose( f );
 	signal( SIGPIPE, sig );
+	if ( res > 0 && res < n ) {
+		res = vsprintf( str, fmt, ap );
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 #endif