diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
index d9aa5ab712044a4d7e0a3a11ecfb86547198e3af..a02a86d5110285c39eeb4f77d5d36aedc576d7fb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int get_binary_runtime_size(struct ima_template_entry *entry)
 	size += sizeof(u32);	/* pcr */
 	size += sizeof(entry->digest);
 	size += sizeof(int);	/* template name size field */
-	size += strlen(entry->template_desc->name) + 1;
+	size += strlen(entry->template_desc->name);
 	size += sizeof(entry->template_data_len);
 	size += entry->template_data_len;
 	return size;