1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/ralloc.c b/src/util/ralloc.c
index e07fce74f23..bb4cf9612eb 100644
--- a/src/util/ralloc.c
+++ b/src/util/ralloc.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ ralloc_vasprintf_rewrite_tail(char **str, size_t *start, const char *fmt,
    if (unlikely(*str == NULL)) {
       // Assuming a NULL context is probably bad, but it's expected behavior.
       *str = ralloc_vasprintf(NULL, fmt, args);
+      *start = strlen(*str);
       return true;
    }