diff --git a/src/basic/alloc-util.c b/src/basic/alloc-util.c
index b540dcddf58..948389f276c 100644
--- a/src/basic/alloc-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/alloc-util.c
@@ -25,16 +25,31 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 void* memdup(const void *p, size_t l) {
-        void *r;
+        void *ret;
 
-        assert(p);
+        assert(l == 0 || p);
 
-        r = malloc(l);
-        if (!r)
+        ret = malloc(l);
+        if (!ret)
                 return NULL;
 
-        memcpy(r, p, l);
-        return r;
+        memcpy(ret, p, l);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+void* memdup_suffix0(const void*p, size_t l) {
+        void *ret;
+
+        assert(l == 0 || p);
+
+        /* The same as memdup() but place a safety NUL byte after the allocated memory */
+
+        ret = malloc(l + 1);
+        if (!ret)
+                return NULL;
+
+        *((uint8_t*) mempcpy(ret, p, l)) = 0;
+        return ret;
 }
 
 void* greedy_realloc(void **p, size_t *allocated, size_t need, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/basic/alloc-util.h b/src/basic/alloc-util.h
index a44dd473c11..0a89691baed 100644
--- a/src/basic/alloc-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/alloc-util.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 #define newdup(t, p, n) ((t*) memdup_multiply(p, sizeof(t), (n)))
 
+#define newdup_suffix0(t, p, n) ((t*) memdup_suffix0_multiply(p, sizeof(t), (n)))
+
 #define malloc0(n) (calloc(1, (n)))
 
 static inline void *mfree(void *memory) {
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ static inline void *mfree(void *memory) {
         })
 
 void* memdup(const void *p, size_t l) _alloc_(2);
+void* memdup_suffix0(const void*p, size_t l) _alloc_(2);
 
 static inline void freep(void *p) {
         free(*(void**) p);
@@ -84,6 +87,13 @@ _alloc_(2, 3) static inline void *memdup_multiply(const void *p, size_t size, si
         return memdup(p, size * need);
 }
 
+_alloc_(2, 3) static inline void *memdup_suffix0_multiply(const void *p, size_t size, size_t need) {
+        if (size_multiply_overflow(size, need))
+                return NULL;
+
+        return memdup_suffix0(p, size * need);
+}
+
 void* greedy_realloc(void **p, size_t *allocated, size_t need, size_t size);
 void* greedy_realloc0(void **p, size_t *allocated, size_t need, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/logs-show.c b/src/shared/logs-show.c
index 02ae4265c6b..54516cfb961 100644
--- a/src/shared/logs-show.c
+++ b/src/shared/logs-show.c
@@ -95,13 +95,12 @@ static int parse_field(const void *data, size_t length, const char *field, char
                 return 0;
 
         nl = length - fl;
-        buf = new(char, nl+1);
+
+
+        buf = newdup_suffix0(char, (const char*) data + fl, nl);
         if (!buf)
                 return log_oom();
 
-        memcpy(buf, (const char*) data + fl, nl);
-        buf[nl] = 0;
-
         free(*target);
         *target = buf;