1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/fgets_str.c b/libbb/fgets_str.c
index 8f06fa59c..41370d176 100644
--- a/libbb/fgets_str.c
+++ b/libbb/fgets_str.c
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ char *fgets_str(FILE *file, const char *terminating_string)
 
                 /* Check for terminating string */
                 end_string_offset = idx - term_length;
-                if ((end_string_offset > 0) && (memcmp(&linebuf[end_string_offset], terminating_string, term_length) == 0)) {
+                if (end_string_offset > 0
+                 && memcmp(&linebuf[end_string_offset], terminating_string, term_length) == 0
+                ) {
                         idx -= term_length;
                         break;
                 }
         }
+        linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, idx + 1);
         linebuf[idx] = '\0';
-        return(linebuf);
+        return linebuf;
 }
-