diff --git a/thermosphere/src/lib/ini.c b/thermosphere/src/lib/ini.c
index dcc50eb29..63626c72d 100644
--- a/thermosphere/src/lib/ini.c
+++ b/thermosphere/src/lib/ini.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static char* find_chars_or_comment(const char* s, const char* chars)
 /* Version of strncpy that ensures dest (size bytes) is null-terminated. */
 static char* strncpy0(char* dest, const char* src, size_t size)
 {
-    strncpy(dest, src, size);
+    strncpy(dest, src, size - 1);
     dest[size - 1] = '\0';
     return dest;
 }