diff --git a/crypto/lhash/lh_test.c b/crypto/lhash/lh_test.c
index 6008781e57..85700c859b 100644
--- a/crypto/lhash/lh_test.c
+++ b/crypto/lhash/lh_test.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ main()
 		buf[0]='\0';
 		fgets(buf,256,stdin);
 		if (buf[0] == '\0') break;
-		buf[256]='\0';
 		i=strlen(buf);
 		p=OPENSSL_malloc(i+1);
 		memcpy(p,buf,i+1);