diff --git a/CASA-auth-token/client/library/mechanisms/krb5/linux/get.c b/CASA-auth-token/client/library/mechanisms/krb5/linux/get.c
index 04ae03a2..26e965b5 100644
--- a/CASA-auth-token/client/library/mechanisms/krb5/linux/get.c
+++ b/CASA-auth-token/client/library/mechanisms/krb5/linux/get.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ AuthTokenIf_GetAuthToken(
             else
             {
                // The buffer provided is large enough, copy the data and return the actual size.
-               memcpy((void*) pTokenBuf, pEncodedToken, encodedTokenLen + 1);
+               memcpy((void*) pTokenBuf, pEncodedToken, encodedTokenLen);
 
                // Success
                retStatus = CASA_STATUS_SUCCESS;