diff --git a/usr.bin/make/arch.c b/usr.bin/make/arch.c
index a3a2a6adc46..a842577b76c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/arch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/make/arch.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ ArchStatMember (archive, member, hash)
     Arch	  *ar;	      /* Archive descriptor */
     Hash_Entry	  *he;	      /* Entry containing member's description */
     struct ar_hdr arh;        /* archive-member header for reading archive */
-    char	  memName[MAXPATHLEN+1];
+    char	  memName[MAXPATHLEN];
     	    	    	    /* Current member name while hashing. */
 
     /*
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ ArchSVR4Entry(ar, name, size, arch)
     }
 
     (void) strncpy(name, &ar->fnametab[entry], MAXPATHLEN);
-    name[MAXPATHLEN] = '\0';
+    name[MAXPATHLEN - 1] = '\0';
     return 1;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/main.c b/usr.bin/make/main.c
index 8ff1de368bb..dc8c8c864f7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/main.c
+++ b/usr.bin/make/main.c
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	struct stat sb;
 	char *pwd;
 #endif
-	char mdpath[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
-	char obpath[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
-	char cdpath[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
+	char mdpath[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char obpath[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char cdpath[MAXPATHLEN];
     	char *machine = getenv("MACHINE");
 	char *machine_arch = getenv("MACHINE_ARCH");
 	char *machine_cpu = getenv("MACHINE_CPU");
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ ReadMakefile(p, q)
 	char *fname = p;		/* makefile to read */
 	extern Lst parseIncPath;
 	FILE *stream;
-	char *name, path[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
+	char *name, path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
 	if (!strcmp(fname, "-")) {
 		Parse_File("(stdin)", stdin);