diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
index ee866fd6957de2cf9ed0f3b75a9ca37971c4534b..65057348838b69ae7e9c493cb58dea7974f81235 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
@@ -5783,7 +5783,7 @@ static int airo_get_essid(struct net_device *dev,
 	/* If none, we may want to get the one that was set */
 
 	/* Push it out ! */
-	dwrq->length = status_rid.SSIDlen + 1;
+	dwrq->length = status_rid.SSIDlen;
 	dwrq->flags = 1; /* active */
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index f0ccfef664459fced62da435aec49d65da8dd11a..98a76f10a0f71f29f09ef031b000659dbbccb09c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -1718,11 +1718,11 @@ static int atmel_get_essid(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (priv->new_SSID_size != 0) {
 		memcpy(extra, priv->new_SSID, priv->new_SSID_size);
 		extra[priv->new_SSID_size] = '\0';
-		dwrq->length = priv->new_SSID_size + 1;
+		dwrq->length = priv->new_SSID_size;
 	} else {
 		memcpy(extra, priv->SSID, priv->SSID_size);
 		extra[priv->SSID_size] = '\0';
-		dwrq->length = priv->SSID_size + 1;
+		dwrq->length = priv->SSID_size;
 	}
 
 	dwrq->flags = !priv->connect_to_any_BSS; /* active */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
index 135a156db25d9c07607d7ce0cae5cb9019636417..c5cd61c7f92774043c3184b2b5b23983748adda0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ prism54_get_essid(struct net_device *ndev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 	if (essid->length) {
 		dwrq->flags = 1;	/* set ESSID to ON for Wireless Extensions */
 		/* if it is to big, trunk it */
-		dwrq->length = min(IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, essid->length + 1);
+		dwrq->length = min(IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, essid->length);
 	} else {
 		dwrq->flags = 0;
 		dwrq->length = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
index 319180ca7e71325cc30350c85cd6bae57391e8da..7880d8c31aadc20abb96e554af606d4a337663f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ static int ray_get_essid(struct net_device *dev,
 	extra[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE] = '\0';
 
 	/* Push it out ! */
-	dwrq->length = strlen(extra) + 1;
+	dwrq->length = strlen(extra);
 	dwrq->flags = 1; /* active */
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
index 7e2039f52c49fdcef509b7529626d38282522fb9..cf373625fc7074e3bdfb2f2abf214856c4142c81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ static int wavelan_get_essid(struct net_device *dev,
 	extra[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE] = '\0';
 
 	/* Set the length */
-	wrqu->data.length = strlen(extra) + 1;
+	wrqu->data.length = strlen(extra);
 
 	return 0;
 }