diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index 25b7f4f3c9..f8bc930a20 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ want_btrfs_subvolume(const char *path)
  */
 static void create_home(const struct option_flags *flags)
 {
-	char    path[strlen(prefix_user_home) + 2];
+	char    path[strlen(prefix_user_home) + 1];
 	char    *bhome, *cp;
 	mode_t  mode;
 	bool    process_selinux;