diff --git a/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog b/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
index f529796850..710f492f27 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
@@ -919,3 +919,7 @@
 2012-09-07  Christopher Michael
 
        * Fix ecore_x_randr to actually return outputs properly.
+
+2012-09-08  Vincent Torri
+
+       * Fix readlink usage in ecore_file.
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index fd06f7dc52..cc0be5449d 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ ecore_file_recursive_rm(const char *dir)
    struct stat st;
    int ret;
 
-   if (readlink(dir, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
+   if (readlink(dir, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1) > 0)
      return ecore_file_unlink(dir);
 
    ret = stat(dir, &st);