diff --git a/src/http_chunk.c b/src/http_chunk.c
index fb76a99e..07bde8b5 100644
--- a/src/http_chunk.c
+++ b/src/http_chunk.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int http_chunk_append_read_fd_range(request_st * const r, const buffer *
         http_chunk_len_append(cq, (uintmax_t)len);
 
     if (0 != offset && -1 == lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET)) return -1;
-    buffer * const b = chunkqueue_append_buffer_open_sz(cq, len+2);
+    buffer * const b = chunkqueue_append_buffer_open_sz(cq, len+2+1);
     ssize_t rd;
     offset = 0;
     do {