diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index 065f8bab19..58eb1d6355 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ ecore_file_readlink(const char *link)
    char buf[PATH_MAX];
    int count;
 
-   if ((count = readlink(link, buf, sizeof(buf))) < 0) return NULL;
+   if ((count = readlink(link, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1)) < 0) return NULL;
    buf[count] = 0;
    return strdup(buf);
 }