1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
index 2ffa8fbb..bf07a154 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ bool AFLdict2filePass::runOnModule(Module &M) {
 
               if (optLen < 2) { continue; }
               if (literalLength + 1 == optLen) {  // add null byte
+
                 thestring.append("\0", 1);
 
               }
@@ -611,17 +612,11 @@ bool AFLdict2filePass::runOnModule(Module &M) {
                         }
 
             */
-
-            if (!isStdString) {
+            if (!isStdString && thestring.find('\0', 0) != std::string::npos) {
 
               // ensure we do not have garbage
               size_t offset = thestring.find('\0', 0);
-              if (offset && offset < optLen && offset + 1 < optLen) {
-
-                optLen = offset + 1;
-
-              }
-
+              if (offset + 1 < optLen) optLen = offset + 1;
               thestring = thestring.substr(0, optLen);
 
             }