diff --git a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
index 4017c72a35a67..2eb994cad3d5e 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(odbc_execute)
 					RETURN_FALSE;
 				}
 				filename = estrndup(&ZSTR_VAL(tmpstr)[1], ZSTR_LEN(tmpstr) - 2);
-				filename[strlen(filename)] = '\0';
 
 				/* Check the basedir */
 				if (php_check_open_basedir(filename)) {