diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13ee2dae6..236cda018 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-29  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/fs/cpio.c (handle_symlink): Fix a bug.
+
 2012-01-29  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Merge common RAID and LVM logic to an abstract diskfilter.
diff --git a/grub-core/fs/cpio.c b/grub-core/fs/cpio.c
index af431c8a8..b7c3191cc 100644
--- a/grub-core/fs/cpio.c
+++ b/grub-core/fs/cpio.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ handle_symlink (struct grub_cpio_data *data,
   if (prefixlen)
     {
       grub_memcpy (target, *name, prefixlen);
-      target[prefixlen] = '/';
+      target[prefixlen-1] = '/';
     }
   ptr = target + prefixlen + size;
   ptr = grub_stpcpy (ptr, rest);