diff --git a/examples/utilities/load_ini_buffer.h b/examples/utilities/load_ini_buffer.h
index 1620b3a..e5aae88 100644
--- a/examples/utilities/load_ini_buffer.h
+++ b/examples/utilities/load_ini_buffer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ int load_ini_buffer (
   void * const user_data
 ) {
 
-  char * const ini_cache = malloc(ini_length);
+  /*  `strip_ini_cache()` documents that it will immediately write a NUL
+      terminator at `ini_source[ini_length]`, so the buffer must be able to
+      hold `ini_length + 1` bytes.  */
+  char * const ini_cache = malloc(ini_length + 1);
 
   if (!ini_cache) {