1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/or/buffers.c b/src/or/buffers.c
index b5c0e2f7c7..14280435fb 100644
--- a/src/or/buffers.c
+++ b/src/or/buffers.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ int fetch_from_buf_control(buf_t *buf, uint16_t *len_out, uint16_t *type_out,
   if (len) {
     *body_out = tor_malloc(len+1);
     memcpy(*body_out, buf->mem+4, len);
-    body_out[len] = '\0';
+    (*body_out)[len] = '\0';
   } else {
     *body_out = NULL;
   }