diff --git a/src/volser/restorevol.c b/src/volser/restorevol.c
index 1da076f592..653a6ace28 100644
--- a/src/volser/restorevol.c
+++ b/src/volser/restorevol.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ ReadVNode(afs_int32 count)
 		 */
 		snprintf(linkname, sizeof linkname, "%s" OS_DIRSEP "%s%d",
 			 parentdir, AFILE, vn.vnode);
-		len = readlink(linkname, fname, MAXNAMELEN);
+		len = readlink(linkname, fname, MAXNAMELEN - 1);
 		if (len < 0) {
 		    snprintf(filename, sizeof filename, "%s" OS_DIRSEP "%s%d",
 			     rootdir, OFILE, vn.vnode);