diff --git a/src/modules/evas/vg_loaders/svg/evas_vg_load_svg.c b/src/modules/evas/vg_loaders/svg/evas_vg_load_svg.c
index 1d93741ba3..465b499505 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/vg_loaders/svg/evas_vg_load_svg.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/vg_loaders/svg/evas_vg_load_svg.c
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ _evas_svg_loader_xml_open_parser(Evas_SVG_Loader *loader,
         attrs_length = length - sz;
         while ((sz > 0) && (isspace(content[sz - 1])))
           sz--;
-        if ((unsigned int)sz > sizeof(tag_name)) return;
+        if ((unsigned int)sz >= sizeof(tag_name)) return;
         strncpy(tag_name, content, sz);
         tag_name[sz] = '\0';
      }