diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_config.c b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_config.c
index a09dabd074..eaaba81b32 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_config.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_config.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ long cm_SearchCellFileEx(char *cellNamep, char *newCellNamep,
                 /* copy just the first word and ignore trailing white space */
                 for ( i=0; valuep[i] && !isspace(valuep[i]) && i<sizeof(hostname); i++)
                     hostname[i] = valuep[i];
-                valuep[i] = '\0';
+                hostname[i] = '\0';
 
 		/* add the server to the VLDB list */
                 WSASetLastError(0);