diff --git a/ext/standard/string.c b/ext/standard/string.c
index 7fde764aa30..cb3a1e0ef7e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/string.c
+++ b/ext/standard/string.c
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(str_repeat)
 	}
 	result[result_len] = '\0';
 	
-	RETURN_STRINGL(result, result_len + 1, 0);
+	RETURN_STRINGL(result, result_len, 0);
 }
 /* }}} */