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diff --git a/mg.c b/mg.c
index db0d4deb97..d6e76676e9 100644
--- a/mg.c
+++ b/mg.c
@@ -2568,28 +2568,30 @@ Perl_magic_set(pTHX_ SV *sv, MAGIC *mg)
pstat(PSTAT_SETCMD, un, len, 0, 0);
}
#endif
- /* PL_origalen is set in perl_parse(). */
- s = SvPV_force(sv,len);
- if (len >= (STRLEN)PL_origalen-1) {
- /* Longer than original, will be truncated. We assume that
- * PL_origalen bytes are available. */
- Copy(s, PL_origargv[0], PL_origalen-1, char);
+ if (PL_origalen > 1) {
+ /* PL_origalen is set in perl_parse(). */
+ s = SvPV_force(sv,len);
+ if (len >= (STRLEN)PL_origalen-1) {
+ /* Longer than original, will be truncated. We assume that
+ * PL_origalen bytes are available. */
+ Copy(s, PL_origargv[0], PL_origalen-1, char);
+ }
+ else {
+ /* Shorter than original, will be padded. */
+ Copy(s, PL_origargv[0], len, char);
+ PL_origargv[0][len] = 0;
+ memset(PL_origargv[0] + len + 1,
+ /* Is the space counterintuitive? Yes.
+ * (You were expecting \0?)
+ * Does it work? Seems to. (In Linux 2.4.20 at least.)
+ * --jhi */
+ (int)' ',
+ PL_origalen - len - 1);
+ }
+ PL_origargv[0][PL_origalen-1] = 0;
+ for (i = 1; i < PL_origargc; i++)
+ PL_origargv[i] = 0;
}
- else {
- /* Shorter than original, will be padded. */
- Copy(s, PL_origargv[0], len, char);
- PL_origargv[0][len] = 0;
- memset(PL_origargv[0] + len + 1,
- /* Is the space counterintuitive? Yes.
- * (You were expecting \0?)
- * Does it work? Seems to. (In Linux 2.4.20 at least.)
- * --jhi */
- (int)' ',
- PL_origalen - len - 1);
- }
- PL_origargv[0][PL_origalen-1] = 0;
- for (i = 1; i < PL_origargc; i++)
- PL_origargv[i] = 0;
UNLOCK_DOLLARZERO_MUTEX;
break;
#endif