diff --git a/client/Mac/MRDPView.m b/client/Mac/MRDPView.m
index 70aab07f1..cd19443bc 100644
--- a/client/Mac/MRDPView.m
+++ b/client/Mac/MRDPView.m
@@ -772,8 +772,7 @@ DWORD fixKeyCode(DWORD keyCode, unichar keyChar, enum APPLE_KEYBOARD_TYPE type)
 		{
 			formatData = [item dataForType:type];
 			formatId = ClipboardRegisterFormat(mfc->clipboard, "UTF8_STRING");
-			/* length does not include null terminator */
-			size = (UINT32) [formatData length] + 1;
+			size = (UINT32) [formatData length];
 			data = [formatData bytes];
 			ClipboardSetData(mfc->clipboard, formatId, data, size);
 			formatMatch = TRUE;