1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 3dedc2c71..a15ae68da 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
                 if (ch == EOF)
                         break;
                 /* grow the line buffer as necessary */
-                if (idx > linebufsz-1)
+                if (idx > linebufsz-2)
                         linebuf = realloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
                 linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
                 if ((char)ch == '\n')