diff --git a/proc/slab.h b/proc/slab.h
index 09dbe00c..35911b44 100644
--- a/proc/slab.h
+++ b/proc/slab.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #define SLAB_INFO_NAME_LEN      128
 
 struct slab_info {
-	char name[SLAB_INFO_NAME_LEN];  /* name of this cache */
+	char name[SLAB_INFO_NAME_LEN+1];  /* name of this cache */
 	struct slab_info *next;
 	unsigned long cache_size;       /* size of entire cache */
 	unsigned nr_objs;               /* number of objects in this cache */