diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index c9fb38b..4f22ffe 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ match(void)
 	len = tokc ? strlen(tokv[0]) : 0;
 
 	matches = lprefix = lsubstr = matchend = prefixend = substrend = NULL;
-	textsize = strlen(text) + 1;
+	textsize = strlen(text);
 	for (item = items; item && item->text; item++) {
 		for (i = 0; i < tokc; i++)
 			if (!fstrstr(item->text, tokv[i]))