diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
index e25e3a1574480b53f6ee5a2eb29b14b3bc12551f..36b64f55f10ae5138d12b3ee2f0d4f2d7d5a6024 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.98 2001/01/24 19:43:30 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.99 2001/02/06 02:00:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ PQoidStatus(const PGresult *res)
 	if (len > 23)
 		len = 23;
 	strncpy(buf, res->cmdStatus + 7, len);
-	buf[23] = '\0';
+	buf[len] = '\0';
 
 	return buf;
 }