diff --git a/drivers/char/adsprpc.c b/drivers/char/adsprpc.c
index d98ce3ece504..49743d21dd50 100644
--- a/drivers/char/adsprpc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/adsprpc.c
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@ static int fastrpc_init_create_static_process(struct fastrpc_file *fl,
 	if (!init->filelen)
 		goto bail;
 
-	proc_name = kzalloc(init->filelen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	proc_name = kzalloc(init->filelen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	VERIFY(err, !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(proc_name));
 	if (err) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;