diff --git a/lib/libc/string/wcsxfrm.c b/lib/libc/string/wcsxfrm.c
index 326e1117909c..c9603d1881fe 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/wcsxfrm.c
+++ b/lib/libc/string/wcsxfrm.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ wcsxfrm_l(wchar_t * __restrict dest, const wchar_t * __restrict src, size_t len,
 	slen = wcslen(src);
 	if (slen < len)
 		(void) wcscpy(dest, src);
-	else {
+	else if (len > 0) {
 		(void) wcsncpy(dest, src, len - 1);
 		dest[len - 1] = L'\0';
 	}