diff --git a/strings.c b/strings.c
index 15390a28ca..5f60b6b4b3 100644
--- a/strings.c
+++ b/strings.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static char *GetSpecialTownNameString(char *buff, int ind, uint32 seed, const ch
 {
 	char name[512];
 
-	_town_name_generators[ind](name, seed, last);
+	_town_name_generators[ind](name, seed, lastof(name));
 	return strecpy(buff, name, last);
 }