diff --git a/sys/rpc/rpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c b/sys/rpc/rpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
index b3a920aafaf..1d07943814f 100644
--- a/sys/rpc/rpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
+++ b/sys/rpc/rpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ rpc_gss_get_principal_name(rpc_gss_principal_t *principal,
 	 * Construct a gss_buffer containing the full name formatted
 	 * as "name/node@domain" where node and domain are optional.
 	 */
-	namelen = strlen(name);
+	namelen = strlen(name) + 1;
 	if (node) {
 		namelen += strlen(node) + 1;
 	}