diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index d31e6d9..b1b768e 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@
 	int datalen;
 	int rc = -1;
 
-	/*
-	 * This is probably inefficient, but safe.
-	 */
+	/* This is inefficient */
 	datalen = strlen(data);
-	subject = kzalloc(datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	/* Our first element can be 64 + \0 with no spaces */
+	subject = kzalloc(datalen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (subject == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	object = kzalloc(datalen, GFP_KERNEL);