diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 07947dc..4859c5b 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.123 2001/05/31 10:30:17 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.124 2001/06/07 20:23:05 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
 		cp = getenv("TERM");
 		if (!cp)
 			cp = "";
-		packet_put_string(cp, strlen(cp));
+		packet_put_cstring(cp);
 
 		/* Store window size in the packet. */
 		if (ioctl(fileno(stdin), TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) < 0)