diff --git a/src/evcsnm.c b/src/evcsnm.c
index 713b68d..e68d86f 100644
--- a/src/evcsnm.c
+++ b/src/evcsnm.c
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 
 static UTF8String_t *create_utf8_from_string(const char* string, size_t length) {
     UTF8String_t *utf8_string = calloc(1, sizeof(UTF8String_t));
-    utf8_string->buf = calloc(length+1, sizeof(uint8_t));
-    utf8_string->size = length+1;
-    memcpy(utf8_string->buf, string, length+1);
-    utf8_string->buf[length] = '\0';
+    utf8_string->buf = calloc(length, sizeof(uint8_t));
+    utf8_string->size = length;
+    memcpy(utf8_string->buf, string, length);
     return utf8_string;
 }