diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/xml/sixtp-to-dom-parser.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/xml/sixtp-to-dom-parser.cpp
index e6ba430393..9aba0801a3 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/xml/sixtp-to-dom-parser.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/xml/sixtp-to-dom-parser.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static gboolean dom_chars_handler (
 {
     if (length > 0)
     {
-        gchar* newtext = g_strdup (text);
+        gchar* newtext = g_strndup (text,length);
         xmlNodeAddContentLen ((xmlNodePtr)parent_data,
                               checked_char_cast (newtext), length);
         g_free (newtext);