diff --git a/lib/nfs_v4.c b/lib/nfs_v4.c
index ee740eb..3ff314e 100644
--- a/lib/nfs_v4.c
+++ b/lib/nfs_v4.c
@@ -2847,8 +2847,7 @@ nfs4_readlink_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
 
         rlresok = &res->resarray.resarray_val[i].nfs_resop4_u.opreadlink.READLINK4res_u.resok4;
 
-        target = strndup(rlresok->link.utf8string_val,
-                         rlresok->link.utf8string_len);
+        target = strdup(rlresok->link.utf8string_val);
         if (target == NULL) {
                 data->cb(-ENOMEM, nfs, "Failed to allocate memory",
                          data->private_data);