diff --git a/sql/sql_acl.cc b/sql/sql_acl.cc
index 2458a7120da..cf150439391 100644
--- a/sql/sql_acl.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_acl.cc
@@ -1363,7 +1363,8 @@ ulong acl_get(const char *host, const char *ip,
   
   copy_length= (size_t) (strlen(ip ? ip : "") +
                  strlen(user ? user : "") +
-                 strlen(db ? db : ""));
+                 strlen(db ? db : "")) + 2; /* Added 2 at the end to avoid  
+                                               buffer overflow at strmov()*/
   /*
     Make sure that strmov() operations do not result in buffer overflow.
   */
@@ -4353,7 +4354,8 @@ bool check_grant_db(THD *thd,const char *db)
   size_t copy_length;
 
   copy_length= (size_t) (strlen(sctx->priv_user ? sctx->priv_user : "") +
-                 strlen(db ? db : ""));
+                 strlen(db ? db : "")) + 1; /* Added 1 at the end to avoid  
+                                               buffer overflow at strmov()*/
 
   /*
     Make sure that strmov() operations do not result in buffer overflow.