1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 3070164e2036..998ab5957c6a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1770,9 +1770,9 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen)
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        start = buf + buflen;
+        start = buf + buflen - 1;
 
-        *--start = '\0';
+        *start = '\0';
         for (;;) {
                 int len = dentry->d_name.len;