diff --git a/obj/namespace.c b/obj/namespace.c
index d6df0c2..0514cac 100644
--- a/obj/namespace.c
+++ b/obj/namespace.c
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ kern_status_t object_namespace_get_object(struct object_namespace *ns, const cha
 	}
 
 	size_t parts = 0;
-	char *rpath = kmalloc(path_len, 0);
+	char *rpath = kmalloc(path_len + 1, 0);
 	if (!rpath) {
 		return KERN_NO_MEMORY;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(rpath, path, path_len);
+	rpath[path_len] = 0;
 	cleanup_object_path(rpath, path_len, &parts);
 
 	char *sp;
@@ -190,12 +191,13 @@ kern_status_t object_namespace_create_link(struct object_namespace *ns, const ch
 	}
 
 	size_t parts = 0;
-	char *rpath = kmalloc(path_len, 0);
+	char *rpath = kmalloc(path_len + 1, 0);
 	if (!rpath) {
 		return KERN_NO_MEMORY;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(rpath, linkpath, path_len);
+	rpath[path_len] = 0;
 	cleanup_object_path(rpath, path_len, &parts);
 
 	char *p = rpath + strlen(rpath) - 1;