diff --git a/lib/librpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c b/lib/librpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
--- a/lib/librpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
+++ b/lib/librpcsec_gss/svc_rpcsec_gss.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 	 * 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;
 	}