diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 9b6ef33b847b1ad2e146e4725a8fd7057eb098f7..4cfc71951be53a2a1187d67d5b8c12cd6f5d2101 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static cJSON_bool print_number(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const out
     }
 
     /* reserve appropriate space in the output */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, (size_t)length);
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, (size_t)length + sizeof(""));
     if (output_pointer == NULL)
     {
         return false;